Original German WWII 8mm Danish Madsen Machine Gun Tripod Mount with Remote Trigger, Serial No. 162, Fully Functional Japanese Guns & Ordnance over Dunkirk

over Dunkirk

Unfortunately due to the ignorance of a previous owner

while the other shoulderboard in the pocket just has remnants of the tag

There are many different makers of these grenades

Under the front is the pencil marking 55 1/2

Original German WWII 8mm Danish Madsen Machine Gun Tripod Mount with Remote Trigger, Serial No. 162, Fully Functional Japanese Guns & Ordnance over DunkirkOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an original Danish Madsen 8mm machine gun tripod mount dating from the WWII era, serial number 162, complete with its remote trigger mechanism and functional soft recoil assembly. It is substantially complete, offered with original paint, and fully functional as best we can tell. The Madsen tripod has a particularly important place in the history of machine guns; the Madsen tripod was the very first machine