Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Zeitzunder Grenade Trench Raiding Club Brown Bess The front of the head

The front of the head has traces of white stenciled writing that reads Vor Gebrauch Sprengkapsel einsetzen (Before use insert detonator)

2½" Moroccan leather sweatband

and paint loss

and was applied equally to the infantry component of Panzer divisions as well as the new divisions known as Panzergrenadier Divisions

Hand embroidered theatre made bullion CBI (China-Burma-India) patch on left shoulder

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Zeitzunder Grenade Trench Raiding Club Brown Bess The front of the headOriginal Item: Only One Available. Trench raiding clubs were homemade melee weapons used by both the Allies and the Central Powers during World War I. Clubs were used during nighttime trench raiding expeditions as a quiet and effective way of killing or wounding enemy soldiers. The clubs were usually made out of wood. It was common practice to fix a metal object at the striking end (e. g. an empty Mills bomb) in order to maximize the injury inflicted.