Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Named Model 1909 Canteen Trench Art With Engravings - Marked ASKHABAD 1914. Mortars The usual reason for this

The usual reason for this stamping a perfectly good rifle as for Drill Purpose was that it allowed the Regimental Armorer to write the weapon off and  apply for a brand new often far better replacement rifle

There is a lovely decorative etched panel on one side

It still has a clear circled "P" proof behind the trigger guard

Höchstpreis RM 8

This includes the RNLI

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Named Model 1909 Canteen Trench Art With Engravings - Marked ASKHABAD 1914. Mortars The usual reason for thisOriginal Item: Only One Available. Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them. Not limited to the World Wars, the history of trench art spans conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to the