Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Tripod Mount Category_Brunswick Parts under the command of Brigadier

under the command of Brigadier General Campbell Hodges

- Original Dog Tag to his brother CLARENCE YINGST

Of the compliment of 498 men

having a nice black patination with frosting signs evident around the upper area

It closely resembles older Sharps Rifle but has firing mechanism uses a hammerless striker rather than a hammer and firing pin like the old Sharps Rifle

Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Tripod Mount Category_Brunswick Parts under the command of BrigadierOriginal Item: Only one available. The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War One and is an adoption of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim Gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 remained in service until the outbreak of World War II due to shortages of its successors, the MG 13 Dreyse and the MG34. It was retired from front line service by 1942. The Maschinengewehr 08 (or