Original U.S. WWI Canvas Machine Gun Cover for Colt-Vickers M1915 & Browning M1917 - dated 1918 EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION COL SAML COLT - HART]FORD

COL SAML COLT - HART]FORD CT

• Three overseas combat service bars (on right sleeve cuff) meaning 18+ months of combat service

There is joint in each of the hafts where they were cut into two sections in order to shorten each pole arm to allow for two piece shipping

gloves should be worn

Original U.S. WWI Canvas Machine Gun Cover for Colt-Vickers M1915 & Browning M1917 - dated 1918 EXCLUDE_CHECKOUT_RESTRICTION COL SAML COLT - HART]FORDOriginal Item: Only One Available. By the early 1900s, the U. S. military had a mixed collection of automatic machine guns in use that included M1895 "potato diggers", 287 M1904 Maxims, 670 M1909 BentMerci guns, and 353 Lewis machine guns. In 1913, the U. S. began to search for a superior automatic weapon. One of the weapons considered was the British Vickers machine gun. Field tests were conducted of the Vickers in 1914, and the gun was unanimously