Original French WWI Hotchkiss MLE 1900 Machine Gun Partial Parts Set - Dated 1906 Featured Item After the First World War

After the First World War

headed " Schutz des Auges" and gives Manufacturer's name and address: CARL ZEISS of Jena

A dismounted model was also produced under contract

it was still being used by Vietnamese Viet Cong as late as 1970

The second relates to the fact that some helmets do not appear to have been marked at all

Original French WWI Hotchkiss MLE 1900 Machine Gun Partial Parts Set - Dated 1906 Featured Item After the First World WarOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Mle 1914 was the last version of a series of nearly identical Hotchkiss designs : the Mle 1897, Mle 1900 and the Mle 1908. This is a very nice condition partial parts set. Featuring, brass pistol grip and other parts, heavy barrel, matched serial numbers and best of all a BATF approved original de militarized receiver nicely marked: MITRAILLEUS AUTOMATIQUE HOTCHKISS CALIBRE 8 m m Mo 298 FEU SURETE 1906M CENTER>