German FG 42 Type II Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan - Serial No 00256 21st Century • Lieutenant side cap (overseas

• Lieutenant side cap (overseas cap)

with Petz & Koch of Unterreichenbach being contractor number 123

the Battalion arrived by truck and ship north to the port of Civitavecchia (near Rome)

made by the very seldom seen firm of Wilhelm Kober & Co

The trigger

German FG 42 Type II Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan - Serial No 00256 21st Century • Lieutenant side cap (overseasReplica Item: The FG 42 (Fallschirmjgergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective fire 7. 9257mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited numbers until the end of the war. It combined the characteristics and firepower of a light machine gun in a lightweight form slightly shorter (but considerably