Original British WWI Trench Raiding Club with Lead Core Vintage Signs The B-17 was primarily employed

The B-17 was primarily employed by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight precision strategic bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets

With the start of World War II in 1939

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Ultra RARE Italian made painted leather embossed 15th Air Force insignia on left shoulder

It is coded “dot” 1943 along with multiple German wartime markings it even has a rare bakelite butt stock (which has an amazing waffen amt marking) and has matching serial 8325 on the barrel Jacket and Top cover

Original British WWI Trench Raiding Club with Lead Core Vintage Signs The B-17 was primarily employedOriginal 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.