EARLY WW2 VICKERS K DRUM MAGAZINE POUCHES
This is a set of early WWII Vickers K drum magazine canvas pouches. Both pouches are clearly maker marked MECo - Mills Equipment Company, dated 1940 and 1941 with military acceptance stamps. The strap is Canadian made (Canada produced webbing for all Commonwealth countries) The Vickers K machine gun saw military service throughout WWII during the Battle of Dunkirk, with the SAS in the deserts and with commandos in the invasion of Normandy to name but a few. These pouches are considered rare and there is a lot of confusion as to their use and issue for the Lewis Gun (WW1) and the drum magazine for the US Thompson Sub Machine Gun (also used by commonwealth troops in limited supply during WW2).