Original German WWI Maxim MG 08 Spare Parts Grouping - Water Jacket with Barrel and Lock Fusee Spring & Cover and these were marked 十三

and these were marked 十三 (juu-san / 13) on the receiver

so this rifle does not appear to have had the metal refinished or subjected to major cleaning

and the rings are still present

Five of seven pole rings are still attached

mostly taken the day we set up our tents at Myitkyina South

Original German WWI Maxim MG 08 Spare Parts Grouping - Water Jacket with Barrel and Lock Fusee Spring & Cover and these were marked 十三Original Item: One of a kind. Opportunities like this do not come along very often at all! Over the years, many collectors end up with odds and ends, and so it was with the collector we purchased this set from. They managed to find a stripped barrel jacket, along with a barrel and a lock, all for the Legendary German Maxim MG 08 Machine gun. This was one of the primary weapons used in the trenches of WWI, and was known as "The Grim Reaper" of the