German WW2 Full Size Entrenching Pick: Dated 1943! (One Only) Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly This example bears the West

This example bears the West Köln-Aachen sleeve patch and HJ diamond patch as well as an HJ diamond pin and DJH Hostel Tinnie 1937

a faithful reproduction of this very rare German WWII Pioneer Assault Pack Assembly adopted by the German Army on March 27th

Additionally is a small silver rectangular plaque laid into the wood grip engraved:

Each side of the viewing tubes also have large

They eventually assembled near Foucarville at the northern edge of the 101st Airborne's objective area

German WW2 Full Size Entrenching Pick: Dated 1943! (One Only) Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly This example bears the WestOriginal Item: One only. Received from Norway in the late 1980s together with a Container full of German WW2 Surplus, this pick was the only one we got and somehow has remained in a corner ever since. An unremarkable Pick with the usual opposing Pick and Hoe sides, the top HOWEVER bears an interesting markers marking very heavily stamped into the forging. It appears to be a manufactures mark with 1943 over OTK. The shaft is plain wood and is about as