Original British WWI Officer's Private Purchase Leather Covered Aluminum Swagger Stick With Weighted Skull End For Use As Trench Club Circa 1917 Untouched Antique Guns both fabricated from white cotton

both fabricated from white cotton

The portion over the ears is longer

which is why this model 1884 does not have the rod bayonet nor the simplified trigger guard

Infantry working parties proceeded to clear the bush near the zariba while the engineer units assisted them and also laid out and built the defences

These helmets are stamped from flat steel

Original British WWI Officer's Private Purchase Leather Covered Aluminum Swagger Stick With Weighted Skull End For Use As Trench Club Circa 1917 Untouched Antique Guns both fabricated from white cottonOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a genuine WW1 British Officer's partially leather covered Swagger stick carried by the upper crust of the Officer Corp. These were introduced late in WW1 to replace officer's carrying the metal topped cane Regimental sticks. It is a fact that common even soldiers were issued cane swagger sticks when going on leave in WW1, so that they had something to occupy their hands. Early in the war delicate old ladies