Original British WWI Vickers Machine Gun .303 British Wooden Ammunition Box Russian Artwork & Posters Perhaps you remember the old

Perhaps you remember the old movies of India showing the rider of the Elephant sitting on the elephant's neck waving his ankus about no doubt sweet talking his elephant to co-operate with his desires

We have found a few references to gunmakers with the last name Edge

and is a typical simple pouch that goes over the belt

however there is not much information available regarding this

Original British WWI Vickers Machine Gun .303 British Wooden Ammunition Box Russian Artwork & Posters Perhaps you remember the oldOriginal Item: Only One Available. Over the service of the Vickers, there were two main different types of belt box: wooden and metal, with the wooden box in service first. Once of the differences was with precautions against the use of poison gas. Army Order 194 of June 1917 reads The effects of corrosion of ammunition are even more serious than the direct effects of gas upon the arms themselves. S. A. A. boxes must be kept closed, and be made as gas