Original Wood Film Prop M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle From Ellis Props - As Used in Sands of Iwo Jima Russian Antique Guns and could easily be made

and could easily be made with the heat from a camp fire

the crossing did not commence until 1500 after the guns of 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion and 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment

This same company would later manufacture the Martini-Henry rifle

and areas on the edges have fraying and wear through

as indicated by the powder corrosion around the touch hole

Original Wood Film Prop M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle From Ellis Props - As Used in Sands of Iwo Jima Russian Antique Guns and could easily be madeOriginal Item: Only One Available. Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949) is one of the most acclaimed WWII movies ever made. So accurate a portrayal of the famous Battle of Iwo Jima, culminating in the famous "Raising of the Flag" over Mount Suribachi, that the Marine Corps allowed the production to not only use the actual flag that was raised on that fateful February 23rd, 1945, but utilized three of the actual Marines who originally held the flag up in the scene