Original WWI British Issued Trench Raiding Club with Metal Studded Tip Snider Rifle There is a large Coat

There is a large Coat of Arms in carved displaying a Knight's helmet over a shield amidst flags and banners reading MANNES

and a nice folded metal engraved Kashira (End Cap)

and Tranter retired in 1885

such as sand

So states his metal transit trunk which today only contains his Officer's Dress Uniform and silk waist sash

Original WWI British Issued Trench Raiding Club with Metal Studded Tip Snider Rifle There is a large CoatOriginal Item: Only One Available. With the adoption of Trench Warfare in 1914, the stalemate became intolerable, so the practice of "Trench Raids" was introduced. Taking place at night these involved a raising party crossing NO MANS LAND and entering into the enemy's trench system to take a few prisoners for interrogation. Clearly these were covert operations and the use of firearms was impossible, so the Army reverted to almost Medieval tactics of