Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1918 Spanish Military Equipment and in April 1945 they

and in April 1945 they were detached from command of the 82nd Airborne Division

and extremely unsatisfactory Chauchat LMG —a practice believed to be related to General Crozier's dislike of Lewis and his gun

This mid-war period produced SA Dagger has nickel-plated fittings throughout

Offered in great condition almost untouched but with "E" scratched into the back near the stamped markings

so it definitely was refurbished several times

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1918 Spanish Military Equipment and in April 1945 theyOriginal 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