Early Enfield Oiler

[bigduke6]

All in all, a lot more fun than collecting vintage burger packaging...

Quite true Mike, I was only pointing out the fact to Peter that folk collect just about everything........I just never got round to collecting oil bottles.

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[ufo8mydog]

I'm not a collector of oilers with the ones I have just coming with with rifles I have bought.

I do have one with a serial number stamped on the bottom how common is that?

[Flying10uk]

I have a couple of these oilers which were sold to me as being South African. The only markings which I can see are the ones visible on the base. Is anyone able to confirm that it defiantly is South African, please?

[Terrylee]

I have copies of documents from the South African Military Archives dated from January to March, 1942 indicating that 80,000 oilers were ordered from W.R.E. & Reid with a further 20,000 from the Associated Engineers Co. There nay, of course, have been other orders.

[Strangely Brown]

Sunday night mystery for you all.

I've never identified this bottle which has Indian ownership marking on the lid, the base appears to be marked B.B.C, or it could be 8.B.C.or even 8.B.O.??

Thoughts?

[mike1967]

Thoughts?

The IG could stand for Irish Guards?

[5thBatt]

The IG could stand for Irish Guards?

IG is Indian Government according to the site i linked above

[mike1967]

IG is Indian Government according to the site i linked above

Most likely given the Arrow over I.

[5thBatt]

Oiler Index

Site has been down for a couple of years but i saved it using the "WayBackMachine"

[Strangely Brown]

Site has been down for a couple of years but i saved it using the "WayBackMachine"

I supplied a few pictures for David when he first put the site together, surprised to see the names of two friends on there, one of which I bumped into at Bisley yesterday!
The idea of an index of oilers is sound, shame David Gadbois appears to have walked away from it?

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The IG could stand for Irish Guards?

The I under the broad arrow confirms India; but yes IG = Irish Guards, or the Micks as they were known in my day!