Original Imperial Japanese WWII Hasegawa Unit History - 7½ x 10½” Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The end of the securing

The end of the securing strap in the front has also cracked off

Barrel exhibits a light gray sheen overall with some surface pitting in areas especially at the barrel bolster / breech area

This has an exotically "Black Forest" style carved wood stock that could pass as being part of some exotic furniture

the Marine Corps removed coastal artillery from the defense battalions in order to form additional heavy artillery units for the Fleet Marine Force

Original Imperial Japanese WWII Hasegawa Unit History - 7½ x 10½” Category_MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets The end of the securingOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a very scarce WWII Imperial Japanese unit history, which depicts tons of photographs of soldiers training for combat. The Japanese is very difficult to translate, but the title appears to be Commemorative Photographic Book of the Chinese Military (Or the Japanese military in China) Excluding Iwasakibe. This likely isnt correct, and makes for a good research project in figuring out the actual unit. The front