Original German WWII Rheinmetall ST-61 MG 15 Water Cooled Display Gun Serial No. 2296 with Saddle Drum Magazine - dated 1942 MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The felt top pad is

The felt top pad is somewhat worn due to age and use

Tranter had a contract with the importing firm Hyde & Goodrich in New Orleans to import and distribute his revolvers commercially

Just like German troops

This is enough to verify that it is definitely an Aston pistol

making for a tremendous display

Original German WWII Rheinmetall ST-61 MG 15 Water Cooled Display Gun Serial No. 2296 with Saddle Drum Magazine - dated 1942 MG 34 Bolt & Barrel Assembly The felt top pad isOriginal 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