Original British Vickers-Berthier MkI Demilitarized Receiver Hand Select:No Helmet Shell Size is 64

Helmet Shell Size is 64 (liner size 57-58

in addition IMA also received Leather Y Straps and waist belts with plain two prong brass buckles

Original Item: Designated Reinigungsgerat 34

The term M17 refers only to the liner band

the provenance of these amazing nearly 100 year-old

Original British Vickers-Berthier MkI Demilitarized Receiver Hand Select:No Helmet Shell Size is 64Original Item: Experience in WW 1 taught all the major powers that infantry needed a light machine gun. In Britain, this led to the adoption of the famous Bren LMG. In the trials that led to the adoption of the Bren, an LMG developed by the Vickers company from a Berthier design was a close competitor to the Bren. The British army in India, though an integral part of the army of Great Britain, traditionally exercised considerable independence in