Original Soviet WWII Era Degtyaryov DP 28 Display Light Machine Gun Serial АЖ174 with Pan Magazine & Sling Madsen LMG Hardware is in excellent barely

Hardware is in excellent barely used condition

To the front is a very fine embroidered bullion Motor Transport insignia

The Blade of this example is 24 1/4 inches long

the three at the right inscribed BALACLAVA

sometimes hidden behind a smoke screen

Original Soviet WWII Era Degtyaryov DP 28 Display Light Machine Gun Serial АЖ174 with Pan Magazine & Sling Madsen LMG Hardware is in excellent barelyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice original Russian 7. 62 x 54R DP 28 Display light machine gun, complete with an original pan magazine, bipod, and sturdy original leather sling! 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