Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club - Medieval Style Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Original Item: This kukri was

Original Item: This kukri was issued in WWI to Gurkha Regiments in the British Army

Features sergeant chevrons on each sleeve and a beautiful 4th Marine Division patch on the left shoulder

Model: 10609

As it happens we had this officer’s WWI tunic which we purchased at The War & Peace Show in England in July 2015

As with most of the military powers in the world

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club - Medieval Style Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets Original Item: This kukri wasOriginal 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.