German FG 42 Type II Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Sling & Original Box - Serial 00208 Japanese Air Force They are a "top break"

They are a "top break" design

the photographer had to have been assigned to the project for a period of several months

The G-4 stated that medical assistance had been arranged for through the VIII Corps Surgeon and that the 429th Medical Collecting Company would set up their Collecting Station in tents at Jordenville and would evacuate the casualties of the Division

It is a part of the regimental weaponry and heraldry of the Royal Gurkha Rifles

so we cannot see what condition it is in

German FG 42 Type II Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Sling & Original Box - Serial 00208 Japanese Air Force They are a "top break"Replica Item: The FG 42 (Fallschirmjgergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective fire 7. 9257mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited numbers until the end of the war. It combined the characteristics and firepower of a light machine gun in a lightweight form slightly shorter (but considerably