Original German WWI MG08 Machine Gun ZF12 Optical Sight with Leather Case Swords IMA offers the bottom plate

IMA offers the bottom plate in two configurations: as a complete assembly including the shutter (a sliding cover that closes the ejection port when the gun is not firing) and the bottom plate alone

In 8mm (German) this became a very reliable weapon for the Third Reich in WW2

Armory at Harpers Ferry

to allow its men to be used to form French First Army

The original finish is well used but the revolver is very nice overall condition

Original German WWI MG08 Machine Gun ZF12 Optical Sight with Leather Case Swords IMA offers the bottom plateOriginal Item: Only One Available. Just received from England, having been in a private World War One collection which was first established in the 1920s. The last surviving family member now having passed, the collection has been sold off. Thiis a ZF12 Optical telescopic sight made by Emil Busch A G, Rathenow (Germany). It is stamped Emil Busch A G, Rathenow on the exterior of the leather carrying case, and again on the right side of the optics