Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895 Potato Digger Display Gun Russian Artillery plus a very fine set

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

• Matching Shirt trousers both dated 1942

It was converted to a breech loading Snider rifle sometime in the 1860s by the British Military

For display purposes only

Original U.S. WWI Marlin Colt M1895 Potato Digger Display Gun Russian Artillery plus a very fine setOriginal 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