Original French Late Third Republic WWI République Française RF Stamped Brass Flag Pole “Topper” MG 34 Feed Assembly In WW2 he was deployed

In WW2 he was deployed to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands then later to Iwo Jima and Honshu

The M42 was worn by Paratroops assigned to Airborne units

The lock plate brass butt cap are both marked with serial number 637 / R

rode the six hundred"

Original French Late Third Republic WWI République Française RF Stamped Brass Flag Pole “Topper” MG 34 Feed Assembly In WW2 he was deployedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of a French WWI WWII era RF flagpole topper. The letters "RF", standing for Rpublique Franaise (French Republic). The French Third Republic (French: Troisime Rpublique, sometimes written as La IIIe Rpublique) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of