Original French Third Republic Model 1872 Shako Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly named for Reichsgau Wartheland

named for Reichsgau Wartheland

Messerschmitt officials maintained barracks at the prison camp to oversee the work being done by the inmates

This particular bayonet was made at Kokura arsenal

while a chrome plated barrel was listed at 600 rounds

Original French Third Republic Model 1872 Shako Category_MG 42 Bolt & Barrel Assembly named for Reichsgau WarthelandOriginal Item: Only One Available. A nice example of a French Third Republic military shako, circa 1870 1890. The cardboard body displays a thin covering of black wool, with a yellow worsted wool band at the top, and a black painted rigid top. There is a black thin leather strap around the base, black pressed oil cloth visor and original brass eagle plate with cockade to the front of the shako. Close examination shows this to be a replacement made