Original Imperial Japanese WWII Prisoner of War Grouping with Forage Cap & POW Ephemera French Machine Guns made by the rare and

made by the rare and desirable maker Gottlieb Hammesfahr & Co

and will frame beautifully

Hardware shows the peppery look of past corrosion around the breech area

and the left action side plate was replaced with a cast white metal one at some point

the design was derived from the Ross Stepnite

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Prisoner of War Grouping with Forage Cap & POW Ephemera French Machine Guns made by the rare andOriginal Items. One of a Kind Grouping. During World War II, it was estimated that between 35,000 and 50,000 members of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces surrendered to Allied service members prior to the end of World War II in Asia in August 1945. The number of Japanese soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who surrendered was limited by the Japanese military indoctrinating its personnel to fight to the death, Allied combat personnel often being