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I'm looking for a translation of this tag on a bring back MG08

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The SN is 635

2nd Machine Gun Company??
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2nd Machine gun Company, 35th Regiment? Not sure at all what the last markings would be....
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dwmmg08 wrote:2nd Machine gun Company, 35th Regiment? Not sure at all what the last markings would be....
I thought the same but I cant find any reference of there being a 35th Regiment in the German Army in WWI. There was a 35th Division...
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35th Fusilier Regt "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" Brandenburg formed 1815, probably the 2nd MG company to the regiment
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