Original British WWI Trench Raiding Club With Hobnail Studded End WWII with the leather mostly soft

with the leather mostly soft

Assuming this was not an accident we have what can be called a “combat pedigree”

The Hudsons were supplied without the Boulton Paul dorsal turret

and also over-engineered almost to a fault

while the trigger housing is marked with 7865 / d

Original British WWI Trench Raiding Club With Hobnail Studded End WWII with the leather mostly softOriginal Item: One of a kind. Purchased recently from a private collection, this is an excellent example of the basic trench raiding club from WWI. This type was one of the most widely used type as they were easy to construct from items laying around a trench or dugout. These types are normally encountered with a lead core to give it a better weighted head, but this one does not. We believe it to be an original variation, but there is always the