Original French WWI Trench All Steel Fighting Knife - Le Nettoyer des Tranches Discount Clubs were used during nighttime

Clubs were used during nighttime trench raiding expeditions as a quiet and effective way of killing or wounding enemy soldiers

Spaight made it through the war and back to his home in Michigan and lived to the age of 93

The small French Renault FT tanks they were equipped with found the going hard and many were lost or ran out of fuel crossing the battlefield – the Germans

The Battle of Waterloo occurred just over seven weeks before on Sunday June18

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Original French WWI Trench All Steel Fighting Knife - Le Nettoyer des Tranches Discount Clubs were used during nighttimeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The development of TRENCH WARFARE in WW1 lead to many front line innovations. The British used field made TRENCH CLUBS and the French used field made TRENCH DAGGERS. This is a known example of the local front line production of a simple but effective dagger that French pressed into service. This particular style became known as "LE NETTOYER DES TRANCHES", which translates to : "THE CLEARER OF TRENCHES". Constructed