British Vickers MMG Elevating Wheel Dial: Rare Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage Unissued condition having been in

Unissued condition having been in storage for over 70 years

but was a completely new design

may show small amounts of non-corrosive surface rust

faint 2988) are matching with serial number 92988 denoting year of manufacture as 1863

the bolt moves

British Vickers MMG Elevating Wheel Dial: Rare Category_MG 34 Ammo Storage Unissued condition having been inOriginal Item: Elevating dials were used until 1918, when they were removed and scrapped. They were replaced by indicating marks place directly on the elevating wheel itself. They are very rarely seen. See Dolf Goldsmith, The Grand Old Lady of No Man? s Land, page 463. The dial is made in two haves which screw together and clamp to the elevating wheel. In our trials, they only fit onto brass elevating wheels. The steel wheels are apparently a little