photo of German maxim crew

[Witt]

Here is a photo of two German soldiers operating a captured Russian maxim gun on top of a roadside snow bank. The white washed helmets are seen as well as the Maxim gun is painted almost entirely white. Another print of this photo was sold about a week later by another seller but the exposure was much better. That made me question this example.

[Gwar]

IMO, any photo with square like cut out are either press photos or copies...

[kradman]

They could be Finnish troops as Finland used a lot of Russian Maxims

[BlackCat1982]

It's not a great print, the contrast and marks are consistent with old print developer being used and irregular agitation of the paper during the developing process, leaving water marks. I can't tell from the photo whether it's original or not, if the back of it is without any script or marks I would suggest it is a later copy.