Original German WWI Maxim MG 08 Spare Parts Grouping - Water Jacket with Barrel and Lock Fusee Spring & Cover and the rings are still

and the rings are still present

Maybe this really has been of service to a Damsel in Distress

Five of seven pole rings are still attached

STAGLAG VIII-C

The helmet retains about 60% of its green textured outside paint

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08 Spare Parts Grouping - Water Jacket with Barrel and Lock Fusee Spring & Cover and the rings are stillOriginal Item: One of a kind. Opportunities like this do not come along very often at all! Over the years, many collectors end up with odds and ends, and so it was with the collector we purchased this set from. They managed to find a stripped barrel jacket, along with a barrel and a lock, all for the Legendary German Maxim MG 08 Machine gun. This was one of the primary weapons used in the trenches of WWI, and was known as "The Grim Reaper" of the