Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club With Shrapnel Damage Category_MG 34 Accessories instead of a cannon ball

instead of a cannon ball

LINTHICOM QUARTERMASTER’S DEPT

Only a few of these were ever made

50 caliber rifled barrel

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club With Shrapnel Damage Category_MG 34 Accessories instead of a cannon ballOriginal 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.