Physical description

Heavy duty cardboard cylinder with one fixed and one removable end cap. There are cotton webbing straps attached for carrying the tube and for securing the removable end cap.Internally, there is a tapering inwards of the cardboard liner.
Under the removable cap, is a ring shaped rubber protector. The outer layer of the cardboard tube has a cotton cloth cover which has been painted brown.

Inscriptions & markings

The removable end cap is marked “C279 MK N2 1952 M/W”

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