Original British Rare 1883 Wallace Patent Entrenching Tool and Pioneer Spade- Dated 1883 African Militaria LTD 1945" impressed in wood

LTD 1945" impressed in wood stock this also has it's very scarce stiff web and steel belt loop clip assembly so very rarely encountered

The major disadvantage of the Suomi KP/-31 was its high production cost

The men from Maine waited until troops from the 15th Alabama Infantry regiment

The scabbard is absent having long ago been lost

Original British Rare 1883 Wallace Patent Entrenching Tool and Pioneer Spade- Dated 1883 African Militaria LTD 1945" impressed in woodOriginal Item: Only One Available. Few people get excited about military entrenching tools BUT this is the Holy Grail! Entrenching Tools became essential in WWI and then again in WWII however they were first officially introduced during the Victorian era as "essential equipment". The rarest of them all is the scarce Wallace Patent entrenching tool patented in 1883 by Nesbit Willoughby Wallace, which was a design of sheer genius. Commonly used with the