Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun Serial 845 d by Spandau Arsenal - dated 1918 French Machine Guns and the external surfaces had

and the external surfaces had apparently rusted

The first "modern" steel helmets were introduced by the French army in early 1915 and were shortly followed by the British army later that year

while a front seam

It is completely straight and has nearly mint paint that is 100% intact throughout

The core paint on the iron center is also almost fully complete on both sides

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08/15 Display Machine Gun Serial 845 d by Spandau Arsenal - dated 1918 French Machine Guns and the external surfaces hadOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an incredible inert example of the legendary German Maxim Maschinengewehr (Machine Gun) 08 15, known as the MG 08 15. It is built using mostly original parts using a BATF compliant deactivated right side plate, which has 75% of the total removed. This includes the entire forward section where the lock engages, making this a 100% legal display Machine gun, totally legal to own without a license of any kind.