Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Flexible Steel Wire Trench Raiding Club - Personal Collection David Machnicki Author of At Arm's Length Series Japanese Military Maps Overall the flag is lovely

Overall the flag is lovely and is the real deal: a genuine USGI "bring back"

next to a large letter A:

Deliveries were more and more affected by the advance of Allied troops from January 1945 on

but this was removed to reveal Original German WWII date and letter codes: 43 btm 147 b

It has twine wrapped around it to attach to clothing or possibly around the waist

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Flexible Steel Wire Trench Raiding Club - Personal Collection David Machnicki Author of At Arm's Length Series Japanese Military Maps Overall the flag is lovelyOriginal Item: One of a kind. Purchased directly from David F. Machnicki, the author of At Arm's Length Trench Club book Series. We were told that this club will be featured in the upcoming Volume three of the series This trench club (Nahkampfkeule) features a pear shaped iron head mounted to the top of a 12 mm diameter steel wire cable (wire rope as opposed to the more commonly used steel springs). A set of six 4. 0 mm diameter wire cables were