Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked Iraq /KG 51 also engaged in

/KG 51 also engaged in combat during the campaign

so this rifle was made probably made in the second quarter of that year

After immobilizing leading and trailing elements of the 3 mile (4

This was the time of the 1890's KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH on the border between CANADA and ALASKA

and a small number of early models were sold under the name LB-30

Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked Iraq /KG 51 also engaged inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This was released from a Regimental Museum upon closing down and had been previously on display in the Officer's Mess. It is a "SPONTOON", a long spear carried into battle very often by an Officer or Senior Sergeant, and became very handy for removing a French Cavalryman from his horse. That may be the case but its real purpose was to show the soldiers "on the line" where their commander was in all the smoke and