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Description: | During the First World War all armies employed clubs for the purpose of trench raiding. This British trench club was made by sliding a special flanged metal head onto the standard entrenching tool handle. The head was designed and produced by the Royal Engineers of Second Army Workshops, from 1915 onwards. They are described in 'Work of the RE in the European War, 1914-19' as 'knobkerries'.
This design was produced in Royal Engineers workshops (details appear in the Corps history).
handle & head
entrenching tool handle, fitted with removable flanged iron head (L 42cm)
Master | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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