Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club M16 Training Grenade Uniforms Nearly 30 years later

Nearly 30 years later

Most interestingly behind the wide leather cap band is a long strip of cotton fabric covered in stitching depicting Japanese characters in red thread

With no secure bridges over the Nederrijn

The 60th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1756 and known as "The Royal Americans" being made up mostly of American Colonists

which was of course a risky thing to do

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club M16 Training Grenade Uniforms Nearly 30 years laterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a genuine German M16 training grenade which appears to have been used as a trench raiding club. This totally original example measures 14. 5 inches in overall length featuring a thick wood shaft with an iron cuff head. Purchased from a collection used in a new publication on weapons of the Great War. Exceptionally rare. Trench raiding clubs were homemade melee weapons used by both the Allies and the Central