Original British WWI & WWII Mk4 Brass Oil Bottle- Jenkins Mfr. MG 34 Ammo Storage with the weapon beginning to

with the weapon beginning to be generally issued to the British Army's infantry battalions on the Western Front in early 1916 as a replacement for the heavier and less mobile Vickers machine gun

These Original Tulwar battle swords fell into this category and as a result some enterprising Indian exporter had all the swords enthusiastically cleaned and each fitted with a new black canvas covered wood scabbard declaring them all as modern replicas

each in original WWII dated packaging

that these were modified for use with the German WW2 LMG model MG 42

The practice went back at least as early as the MG 08

Original British WWI & WWII Mk4 Brass Oil Bottle- Jenkins Mfr. MG 34 Ammo Storage with the weapon beginning toOriginal Item: Henry Jenkins & Sons, Ltd., Unity Works, was located on Victoria Street in Birmingham, UK. The company produced over a million Mk4 oilers during WW1. Output was inspected by a branch of the inspection office at the Birmingham Small Arms plant, thus the inspection mark includes the italic B. The manufacturers symbol, H. J&S,is stamped on the base of the oiler, along with the Ordnance broad arrow.