Original WWI Ax Handle Trench Raiding Club With Nails U.S. Flare Guns • Brass 24th of foot

• Brass 24th of foot belt buckle

It has recently been decided that this commemoration will continue despite the death of the last survivor of the Lancashire Fusiliers who was present at Gallipoli

with only "COLT'S" being easily seen to the untrained eye

however due to paint loss

Original WWI Ax Handle Trench Raiding Club With Nails U.S. Flare Guns • Brass 24th of footOriginal 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.