Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club Mace - Medieval Type Japanese Holsters The division was reconstituted on

The division was reconstituted on 16 March when the 3rd Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard) and the 159th Infantry Regiment were attached to replace the two lost regiments

The photographs show how nicely they clean up: much of the stuff that looks like rust is actually clay-heavy dirt

Note: These are delicate and exceedingly rare to have survived for over 60 years

The hilt has two circumferential ribs and the pommel is a concave disk 3 cm in diameter

22 bank launching cartridges

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Club Mace - Medieval Type Japanese Holsters The division was reconstituted onOriginal 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.