Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895 Potato Digger Display Gun Russian Artillery A genuine shell would be

A genuine shell would be far more rigid

For display purposes only

plus a very fine set of aluminum oak leaves with red felt cockade

with an image size of 4x5 inches

and wore that instead of the shoulder insignia that had been prescribed by the AEF

Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895 Potato Digger Display Gun Russian Artillery A genuine shell would beOriginal Item: Only One Available. The ColtBrowning M1895, nicknamed "potato digger" because of its unusual operating mechanism, is an air cooled, belt fed, gas operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on a John Browning and Matthew S. Browning design dating to 1889, it was the first successful gas operated machine gun to enter service. The diggers unique system utilized a piston operated by