Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Camouflage Display Machine Gun by Spandau Arsenal - dated 1918 German Militaria and ready for display

and ready for display

The slings on both are complete

The blade is hollow-ground WOOTZ DAMASCUS steel

760 grams of explosives contained within it were detonated and produced a blast effect

It was also awarded to German State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who marched into Austria

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Camouflage Display Machine Gun by Spandau Arsenal - dated 1918 German Militaria and ready for displayOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fine example of the legendary German Maxim Maschinengewehr (Machine Gun) 08 15, known as the MG 08 15, complete with a very rare original bipod. 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