Original German WWII Maschinenpistole 40 / MP40 Leather Sling with Waffenamt Marking Japanese Helmets Measures approximately 10" long x

Measures approximately 10" long x 6" wide x 12" tall

The airborne assault went as scheduled on 17 September 1944

It is stamped on the rear with German wartime maker code joa and dated 1943 above what remains of an eagle over a swas stamp

for attachment to waist belt

the inhabitants of Kiev were defined as "superfluous eaters" who were to be "gotten rid of" by the cutting off of all food supplies to the city – the food to be diverted to feeding the Wehrmacht troops and Germany's own population

Original German WWII Maschinenpistole 40 / MP40 Leather Sling with Waffenamt Marking Japanese Helmets Measures approximately 10" long xOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is totally original German WWII manufacture, and was taken off an MP 40 in the 1980's from a Government Sale of Machine Guns. Complete and absolutely original. The sling is still a bit dusty from storage at IMA for over 30 years. The ghost of a Waffenamt marking can still be easily seen on the inside of the sling, directly behind the sewn on steel buckle assembly. Complete with just TWO holes to the other end of