Using socks to keep rifles in working order, WW1
A winter's fighting expedient. A sock with the toe cut off and soaked in oil, used to cover the muzzle and keep a British soldier's rifle in good working order. When the rifle had to be used, the sock was slipped off on to the butt
Picture No
14101650
Media ID
45495506
Size
3816px x 5151px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 7 August 1915
Date
1915
