German WW2 Full Size Entrenching Pick: Dated 1943! (One Only) Nepalese Cache Extras Note: This is a "Short

Note: This is a "Short Barrel" under 16 inches in length

All in all this is a wonderful display set of a very hard to find WW2 U

The pinfire cartridge was greatly improved by the 1846 patent (number 1963) by Benjamin Houllier of Paris which introduced a base wad and effectively made the cartridge gas-tight which greatly improved the performance

the M16A1 replaced the M14 rifle to become the U

This turned out to be the 1867 WERNDL rolling block rifle personally selected by the Emperor Franz Joseph

German WW2 Full Size Entrenching Pick: Dated 1943! (One Only) Nepalese Cache Extras Note: This is a "ShortOriginal Item: One only. Received from Norway in the late 1980s together with a Container full of German WW2 Surplus, this pick was the only one we got and somehow has remained in a corner ever since. An unremarkable Pick with the usual opposing Pick and Hoe sides, the top HOWEVER bears an interesting markers marking very heavily stamped into the forging. It appears to be a manufactures mark with 1943 over OTK. The shaft is plain wood and is about as