Original British WWI Field Issue Lead Core Trench Raiding Club French & Indian War a small rear sight bed

a small rear sight bed with a single folding leaf fitted and the muzzle sling ring dispensed with

most who were qualified to wear it

on Albert's London Club notepaper (The Whitehall Club in Parliament Street

with all pads still present with Japanese ink markings in decent condition

with an even rarer handmade blade

Original British WWI Field Issue Lead Core Trench Raiding Club French & Indian War a small rear sight bedOriginal 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.