breech block, Maxim MG08, component, firearm
Accession Number
NAM.1986-06-58-1
Description
Breech block for 08 Maxim machine gun; obtained by Lt Col Craster from Miss Mary Thatcher who states that the block was taken from an emplaced gun with steel shield at Piquet Hill, East Africa, when Lt W Thatcher won the Military Cross.
Events
Picquet Hill, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, East Africa 1914-1918)
People