Original British Vickers-Berthier MkI Demilitarized Receiver British Machine Guns With the Government Policy of

With the Government Policy of only one head to each hat we are able to buy these hardly used

perhaps reluctantly turned to NSDAP Germany for aid

We have very few of them

The Latin motto as found on the swagger stick silver cap reads "In Arduis Fidelis" and translates to "Faithful in Adversity"

Original British Vickers-Berthier MkI Demilitarized Receiver British Machine Guns With the Government Policy ofOriginal 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