Original German WWII 8mm Danish Madsen Machine Gun Tripod Mount with Shoulder Straps Original Machine Guns Malcolm Hormats damaging a FW-190

Malcolm Hormats damaging a FW-190

The base has an embossed Luftwaffe Eagle with a date and various maker logos:

the Gold class could be awarded with diamonds

At some point the bottom of the crossguard was peened near the blade to keep it steady

It appears that the contract was completed in March of 1918

Original German WWII 8mm Danish Madsen Machine Gun Tripod Mount with Shoulder Straps Original Machine Guns Malcolm Hormats damaging a FW-190Original Item: Only One Available. The Madsen tripod has a particularly important place in the history of machine guns; the Madsen tripod was the very first machine gun tripod to incorporate soft recoil. This feature greatly reduced or eliminated the effect of the gun's recoil on accuracy. The soft recoil feature allowed the gun to recoil straight back against a spring, which then returned the gun to its original position. This feature was later