Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun Serial 6600 by J.P. Sauer & Sohn of Suhl - dated 1918 Sten Gun which was then made official

which was then made official with the "New Land" pattern

Dimensions:Blade length: 25 3/4”

the original rubber pull tab

During the early years of the Cold War

and measuring approximately 8

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun Serial 6600 by J.P. Sauer & Sohn of Suhl - dated 1918 Sten Gun which was then made officialOriginal 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. 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