Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Export Pattern Ring Mount Tripod - Brass and Steel Construction Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia However this was soon reduced

However this was soon reduced to a Stabskette

Who made it and where did it sit

Camp Hood Texas pillowcase 17x17”

The keel of USS Barb was laid down on 7 June 1941 by the Electric Boat Company of Groton

The badge itself is constructed from stamped brass in the Pre-WWII style

Original German MG 08 Maxim WWI Turkish Produced Export Pattern Ring Mount Tripod - Brass and Steel Construction Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia However this was soon reducedOriginal Item: Only one available. The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War One and is an adoption of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim Gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 remained in service until the outbreak of World War II due to shortages of its successors, the MG 13 Dreyse and the MG34. It was retired from front line service by 1942. The Maschinengewehr 08 (or