Original Maxim Imperial Russian M-1905/10 Smooth Jacket Machine Gun Part Set Hand Select:No as War Souvenirs after WW2

as War Souvenirs after WW2

Complete with impressed "Star" on each side of the body

it appeared to be a conversion

these are the upmarket Life Guard Bandsman's Red Tunics with much extra Gold braiding known as "gimp"

Original Maxim Imperial Russian M-1905/10 Smooth Jacket Machine Gun Part Set Hand Select:No as War Souvenirs after WW2Original Item: The very last we have! Well, we never imagined this day would arrive. In 1996 IMA won a bid in Finland for 1,250 Captured Russian 7. 62mm Maxim Guns. These had been captured by the Finns in the Winter War of 1939 40 and consisted of mostly the Model 1910 fluted jacketed Maxims without filler cap on the WW1 era and thereafter. Included, however were fewer than 50 "Smooth" jacketed Maxim Guns assumed to be the all Brass Model of 1905