Original German WWI Maxim MG 08 Display Gun with Tripod and accessories - Dated 1918, Marked Berlin Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts Butt plate screws

Butt plate screws

hammer and frizzen

The Mardi tribesmen were an ancient nomadic race sometimes nicknamed (by the British) the "Fuzzy-Wuzzys" that had occupied northeast Africa near the Red Sea for more than a millennia

supported by a narrower strap passing diagonally over the right shoulder

The receiver itself is stamped cos

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08 Display Gun with Tripod and accessories - Dated 1918, Marked Berlin Category_Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts Butt plate screwsOriginal Item: Only One Available. These have become very hard to find. This original German WW1 MG 08 water cooled Maxim machine gun was The Grim Reaper" of the First World War. This fine example is totally inert having been rebuilt to BATF specifications. Marked on the top cover: 35911 M. G. 08. D. W. M. BERLIN 1918 This Maxim has survived because it did not see much service in WWI being made in the final year of the conflict. It comes with an