Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895 Potato Digger Display Gun Helmets Union and Upperville

Union and Upperville

with a single central fuller running down each side

excellent condition

[1] The Thompson was also known informally as: the "Tommy Gun

Constructed of stiff thick leather with canvas lining

Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895 Potato Digger Display Gun Helmets Union and UppervilleOriginal Item: Only One Available. The ColtBrowning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air cooled, belt fed, gas operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on a John Browning and Matthew S. Browning design dating to 1889, it was the first successful gas operated machine gun to enter service. The diggers unique system utilized a piston operated by