Original British WWI Lewis Gun Mk II Wood Buttstock Assembly Complete Flintlock Muskets and Rifles Original Item: Complete in Wood

Original Item: Complete in Wood carrying Chest 8mm German Schwarzlose belt loaders

Measures approx 4" x 3" x 3”

or "conversions"

the remainder of the display having already been sold

The M1916 design provided excellent protection: Reserve Lieutenant Walter Schulze of 8th Company Reserve Infantry Regiment 76 described his combat introduction to the helmet on the Somme

Original British WWI Lewis Gun Mk II Wood Buttstock Assembly Complete Flintlock Muskets and Rifles Original Item: Complete in WoodOriginal Item: Very limited availability. When originally issued, the butt stock of the Lewis ground gun consisted only of a wooden stock, a butt plate with screws, and the butt cap with its screw. This was the Mark I. There was no provision for a sling, nor was there an oil bottle. In July, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, the addition of a swivel and oiler was approved, creating the Mark I*. Six months later, in January of 1917, a reinforcing