Original German WWI Maxim MG08 Anti-Aircraft Spider Sight - Early Model British Bayonets each with the Ghurka Crest

each with the Ghurka Crest in exactly the condition in which we found them in the old Arsenal at Lagan Silikana in 2003

it was still being used by Vietnamese Viet Cong as late as 1970

Original Item: MP 44 Standard issue 3 sided "Fluted" firing pin

The loop on the back of the pouch contained two male press-studs

Original German WWI Maxim MG08 Anti-Aircraft Spider Sight - Early Model British Bayonets each with the Ghurka CrestOriginal Item: World War One was the first conflict in which Aircraft played a significant role. As technology progressed all weapons had to be updated and in the case of Maxim (and Vickers) Machine Guns Anti Aircraft sights had to be retro fitted to many existing weapons. See "The Devil's Paintbrush" by Dolf Goldsmith page 215 for photographic examples both on MG 08 and MG 08 15 models. When declared as surplus by the Turkish Army in 1994, IMA