Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1918 Water Jacket Assembly When in the scabbard it

When in the scabbard it is 35" in length

The British Vickers Mk I Medium Machine Gun served for over 50 years in environments as different as the trenches of the Western Front in the First World War to the jungles of Southeast Asia and the deserts of North Africa in the Second World War

The nickel grip eagle is the type with “point-behind-the-head” construction

Overall length is 36 7/8 inches

as well as all of the details in the wreath

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun - M.A.N NURNBERG 1918 Water Jacket Assembly When in the scabbard itOriginal Item: Only One Available. This 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 each