Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1917 U.S. Badges Wrapped about the hilt is

Wrapped about the hilt is the original-to-the-piece silver bullion portepee

by David Rowlands

including WWI dates

and of silk for Officers – all threads are tinted in colors resembling the ribbon of the Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 (i

50 caliber Winchester Express

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1917 U.S. Badges Wrapped about the hilt isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This fine example of the legendary German Maxim Maschinengewehr (Machine Gun) 08 15, known as the MG 08 15. This gun became, by far, the most common German machine gun deployed in World War I (Dolf Goldsmith, 1989) since it reached a full allocation of six guns per company or 72 guns per regiment in 1918. By that time, there were four times as many MG 08 15 light machine guns than heavy MG 08 machine guns in each