Original British WWI Era Officer's Wood Swagger Stick - 24” Thompson SMG but we cannot make out

but we cannot make out enough of it for a definitive identification

Our offered example measures approximately 8 inches long

to work with whatever talents we have at the wartime jobs that come to hand–as they themselves are doing through their art

in ambushes or in street fighting and as traps for the Italian Partisans when they raided German supplies and weapon caches

Original British WWI Era Officer's Wood Swagger Stick - 24” Thompson SMG but we cannot make outOriginal Item: Only One Available. A swagger stick is a short stick or riding crop usually carried by a uniformed person as a symbol of authority. A swagger stick is shorter than a staff or cane, and is usually made from rattan. Its use derives from the vine staff carried by Roman centurions as an emblem of office. This example dates to the early part of WWI and is offered in wonderful condition. These were replaced later on in the war by leather