Original British WWI Middle Eastern Campaign Officer's Horsehair Fly Whisk British Uniform near Aberdeen

near Aberdeen

This is an exceptional STG 44 with all original German WW2 manufactured parts built using an original receiver that has been assembled into a crisp BATF approved non-firing display gun

With its curved support plate

Multiple German markings such as manufacturer code “dot” with 1945 Date and multiple waffen amts make this a fine example of the most prolific German issued Light Machine gun of WW2

Battalions of the Norfolks fought in the First World War on the Western Front and in the Middle East

Original British WWI Middle Eastern Campaign Officer's Horsehair Fly Whisk British Uniform near AberdeenOriginal Item: Only One Available. Made from real horse hair mounted on a brown leather covered cane, this would have matched well with the Officer's Sam Browne Leather gear then in use. Fly Whisks such as these were issued for use in the Middle Eastern campaigns of WWI, specifically for the Turkish Campaign in the Dardanelles, the Mesopotamian Campaign with the Arabs led by the famous Lawrence of Arabia, and at the British Headquarters in CAIRO,