Original German WWII MP40 MP38 Submachine Gun Storage Crate with Period Stenciling German Badges & Signs The acronym D

The acronym D

It has a lovely texture and the look of a helmet that saw a war

also served as prisoner-of-war (POW) camps for captured Axis soldiers

This blade is marked on the reverse ricasso with the Seated King trademark of the SMF firm and the original blue leather washer is in place

Original German WWII MP40 MP38 Submachine Gun Storage Crate with Period Stenciling German Badges & Signs The acronym DOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Maschinenpistole 40 ("Machine pistol 40") descended from its predecessor the MP 38, which was in turn based on the MP 36, a prototype made of machined steel. The MP 36 was developed independently by Erma Werke's Berthold Geipel with funding from the German Army. It took design elements from Heinrich Vollmer's VPM 1930 and EMP. Vollmer then worked on Berthold Geipel's MP 36 and in 1938 submitted a prototype to