Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked French Field Equipment the stock with trooper's initials

the stock with trooper's initials HCS carved in fore end bottom

where "saku" means "made this"

Measures approximately 22" x 12" x 9"

Upon opening the transit chest the base in lined with a sheet of THE EGYPTIAN GAZETTE and is dated Thursday

[1] The 30th Infantry Division was regarded by SLA Marshall as the number one infantry division in the European Theater of Operations (ETO)

Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked French Field Equipment the stock with trooper's initialsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This was released from a Regimental Museum upon closing down and had been previously on display in the Officer's Mess. It is a "SPONTOON", a long spear carried into battle very often by an Officer or Senior Sergeant, and became very handy for removing a French Cavalryman from his horse. That may be the case but its real purpose was to show the soldiers "on the line" where their commander was in all the smoke and