Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Ring Mount Tripod New Items well after sunrise

well after sunrise

There is a section missing next to the barrel tang

but overall quite clear for the age

The grip was re-wrapped (ito) post war

Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Ring Mount Tripod New Items well after sunriseOriginal 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