MG 08 Brass Ring Mount Adapter Hand Select:Yes Original Item: Called Sniper Mittens

Original Item: Called Sniper Mittens because they have a separate compartment for the index or trigger finger

The lock was of the new percussion type with the mainspring no longer screwed in at its small end but secured under a lip inside the lock plate

" marking on the front and some wartime manufacture marking and/or WWII dates

these are dark Olive Drab Double

whilst Receivers and butt stocks of the old pattern had an extra Roman numeral "V" stamped alongside the original "I"

MG 08 Brass Ring Mount Adapter Hand Select:Yes Original Item: Called Sniper MittensOriginal Item: These are the Brass Ring clamps that go around the MG 08 Water Jacket with machined holes at top and bottom to lock onto the jacket trunions. The adapter fits into the circular mounting plate on top of the tripod allowing use with the MG 08 Machine Gun. MG 08 Brass Ring Mount adapter for the Finnish Turkish Maxim Tripod.