Original German WWI Cigarette Card Albums - Der Weltkreig and Ruhmesblatter Deutscher Geschichte MG 42 This is the very first

This is the very first and most likely

If dropped the weapon would then just dangle at the rider's side

The back of the handle is marked 1944 U

The British Officers in WW1 usually supplied much of their own equipment

Original German WWI Cigarette Card Albums - Der Weltkreig and Ruhmesblatter Deutscher Geschichte MG 42 This is the very firstOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. Cigarette card albums were very popular in Germany both prior to and after WWI. Der Weltkreig (The Wold War) is for the Great War 19141918 (Der Weltkrieg 1914 1918). This aside from being a cigarette card album is a concise history of WWI from the German standpoint. The album is divided into chapters of the war and other areas of interest not constrained to just the chronological time frame. There are a total of