Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club With Shrapnel Damage U.S. Ammo Each Rifle is constructed from

Each Rifle is constructed from wood and metal

buried under a shield of dead bodies

led to the introduction of the Type 22 in 1889

Then it was posted to St

Illustrated by Hubert Rogers of Ottawa in 1942 and "Printed in Canada" this is a totally original extremely rare Canadian WW2 propaganda poster

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club With Shrapnel Damage U.S. Ammo Each Rifle is constructed fromOriginal 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.