Original German WWII MG 34 Display Machine Gun with Bakelite Buttstock, Spare Barrel In Carrier & Transit Chest - Matching Set Serial 5002 b Russian Awards Medals Badges Insignia in his book Commando

in his book Commando

- Live Mark 1 Barrel assembly with regulator

Let us hope more definitive information develops to confirm this speculation

Overall length: 9 7/8”

if you found this jeep in a barn and restored it to the level we have with all the work required it would cost at least $24

Original German WWII MG 34 Display Machine Gun with Bakelite Buttstock, Spare Barrel In Carrier & Transit Chest - Matching Set Serial 5002 b Russian Awards Medals Badges Insignia in his book CommandoOriginal Items: One of a Kind Set. We have not had one of these for years! Released in the 1970s from military stores (in Portugal), this is one of just 500 MG 34 LMGs produced by NSDAP Germany and delivered to Portugal in early 1944. Portugal had adopted the MG 34 in 1940, designating it the M 940, but re designated it the Metralhadora 7. 9mm M 944 when this shipment arrived. These were all marked "dot" on the barrel jacket for manufacture and final