Original U.S. WWII Named 66th ID Ranger and 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Grouping Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns with most of the leather

with most of the leather and wire wrapping intact

a competition between Simonov's design and a rifle made by Fedor Tokarev was held

M1905 bayonet dated 1908

which did a bit better and is retained about 75%

Original U.S. WWII Named 66th ID Ranger and 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Grouping Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns with most of the leatherOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Sergeant Thomas R. Gilbert Jr. ASN 34771068 enlisted in the Army on March 27th, 1943. On October 23rd, 1943 he graduated the Sixty Sixth Infantry Division Ranger School at Camp Joseph T. Robinson in Arkansas. Following this he went to Parachute School (Class III) at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1944. After completion of Parachute training he was assigned to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, and later the 507th PIR