Original U.S. Spanish-American War Era Army Model 1880 Entrenching Tool with Leather Sheath MG 15 Once plentiful on the market

Once plentiful on the market these sets are getting very hard to find today

It measures 59

In very condition

including the beak

though we do not know what its purpose is

Original U.S. Spanish-American War Era Army Model 1880 Entrenching Tool with Leather Sheath MG 15 Once plentiful on the marketOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is something that we have only seen once before! Developed during the same period of American "multi use" military experimentation that produced the Springfield Trapdoor ramrod and trowel bayonets, the 1880 Entrenching Tool was meant to be issued in lieu of a field knife and a shovel. The tool measures 12 3 4 inches overall, with a 8 1 4 inch long and 3 1 2 inch wide blade. This is fitted with an upturned spine