Original Soviet Russian WWII Era Degtyaryov DP 28 Display Light Machine Gun with Pan Magazine French Machine Guns Research concludes this was written

Research concludes this was written by Violet Somerset

The original clearing plug with unmodified handle

federally classiefied as an antique due to its pre-1898 manufacture date

Sather received the following awards and citations: Purple Heart Medal

Approximately 16" in overall length with 12" blade

Original Soviet Russian WWII Era Degtyaryov DP 28 Display Light Machine Gun with Pan Magazine French Machine Guns Research concludes this was writtenOriginal Item: Only One Available. Original Russian 7. 62 x 54R machine gun with an original pan magazine with bipod. The 7. 62 mm Ruchnoy Pulemyot DP (Degtyaryova pakhotnyi) was adopted by the Soviet army in 1928. It is extremely simple, yet remarkably reliable and robust. It remained the standard light gun until the 50's, and large numbers of them were used by the North Korean and Chinese Communists in the Korean war. The secret of the DP was the