Original German WWII Rheinmetall ST-61 MG 15 Water Cooled Display Gun Serial No. 2014 with Saddle Drum Magazine - dated 1942 German Replica and both have a lovely

and both have a lovely patina of age

It is named to the soldier who brought it back from Germany on the folded over header :

The flag still has its original top and bottom cast brass grommet hooks for attachment

The sword hilt is brass with a lovely tortoise shell and brass wire wrapped grip

It features a 33 1/2" half octagonal and half round barrel

Original German WWII Rheinmetall ST-61 MG 15 Water Cooled Display Gun Serial No. 2014 with Saddle Drum Magazine - dated 1942 German Replica and both have a lovelyOriginal 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