Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club Battlefield Relic in Original Display Tube - From the Collection of At Arm's Length: Trench Clubs and Maces Author David F. Machnicki Holsters & Cases both based on the Model

both based on the Model 1864 carbine

On the outside of the leather liner band is S Michel in black ink or paint which stained the leather

as the cap bolster is set about 3 inches forward

would carry out the mission to scale these cliffs before dawn on that fateful day and neutralize enemy positions atop Pointe du Hoc

Kompanie (3rd Company) at the school

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club Battlefield Relic in Original Display Tube - From the Collection of At Arm's Length: Trench Clubs and Maces Author David F. Machnicki Holsters & Cases both based on the ModelOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Purchased directly from David F. Machnicki, author of the definitive reference At Arm's Length: Trench Clubs and Maces (Vol. II), this is an outstanding battlefield relic example of an Austro Hungarian World War I trench raiding club. Featuring a distinctive die cast iron head with twelve blunt pyramidal striking points, this was a purpose built close combat weapon designed for repeated use under the brutal conditions of