US Colt Model 1914 Machine Gun - Nicknamed the "Potato Digger". Sometimes known as the Colt-Browning M1895. It is an air cooled, belt fed, gas operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds a minute. The first successful gas operated machine gun to enter military service. Engraved on right side "DONATED TO 19TH CANADIAN BATTALION BY H. DALLAS & J. A. McLAREN" This type used between1914-1916 by Canadians. These were replaced by Vickers Guns in 1916. It is missing a rear sight and tripod. The tripod is 1998.213.004. The 19th (Central Ontario) Battalion, CEF was originally formed on 7 November, 1914 at Exhibition Park in Toronto, Ontario. The battalion went to England on the USS Scandanavian on 23 May, 1915. They trained in Shorncliffe, Kent at West Sandling camp. By September 1915, the 19th landed in Boulogne. The 19th fought on the Vimy Ridge, in the environs of Transloy- endured Passchendaele, the German offensives "Michael" and "Georgette", Amiens, and many other battles to finally push the German Army into surrendering their arms in November of 1918. The last photo is from the website of Colin Stevens which shows the Lewis Gun in the Old Museum. It was in Case 3A.