Original German WWII Rheinmetall ST-61 MG 15 Water Cooled Display Gun Serial No. 2014 with Saddle Drum Magazine - dated 1942 German Replica The sword hilt is brass

The sword hilt is brass with a lovely tortoise shell and brass wire wrapped grip

and both have a lovely patina of age

and on the reverse with:

Yellow and Red Cockade on the cap band for the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg

as does the chin strap on the front of the cap

Original German WWII Rheinmetall ST-61 MG 15 Water Cooled Display Gun Serial No. 2014 with Saddle Drum Magazine - dated 1942 German Replica The sword hilt is brassOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a magnificent WWII German WWII Rheinmetall Romanian ST 61 MG 15 Display Gun, built using original WWII issue parts on an original BATF compliant non firing display receiver, making this a 100% legal display Machine gun. This receiver was created by using a portion of the original torch cut receiver, with the entire forward portion (over 50% of the total length) completely replaced entirely with solid steel