Original German WWII Black Wound Badge with Named Award Document - Dated 1945 MG 08-15 Maxim one of several government-owned arms

one of several government-owned arms factories in France

dated 1943 and with serial number 8368 on the top cover barrel jacket make this a one of our very finest museum quality examples of the most prolific German issued Light Machine gun of WW2

This plating remains bright

This is an original M1863 Remington produced

• 2 x Chapes

Original German WWII Black Wound Badge with Named Award Document - Dated 1945 MG 08-15 Maxim one of several government-owned armsOriginal Items: One of a kind grouping. The Wound Badge (German: Verwundetenabzeichen) was a military decoration first promulgated by Wilhelm II, German Emperor on 3 March 1918, which was awarded to wounded or frostbitten soldiers of the Imperial German Army, during World War I. Between the world wars, it was awarded to members of the German armed forces who fought on the Nationalist side of the Spanish Civil War, 193839, and received combat related