Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Camouflage Display Machine Gun by Spandau Arsenal - dated 1918 German Militaria The blade is hollow-ground WOOTZ

The blade is hollow-ground WOOTZ DAMASCUS steel

indicating manufacture at the Lithgow Arsenal in January of 1921

The slings on both are complete

It was also awarded to German State officials and members of the German Wehrmacht and SS who marched into Austria

covered with complete Ito (cloth binding)

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Camouflage Display Machine Gun by Spandau Arsenal - dated 1918 German Militaria The blade is hollow-ground WOOTZOriginal 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, complete with a very rare original bipod. 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