Original Zulu Wars Victorian Era Selepe Battle Axe P-1853 Enfield Exterior surface shows scattered light

Exterior surface shows scattered light wear marks

Despite the industrial expansion in the United States following the Civil War

During the Ardennes Campaign

In the later Civil War-era examples from Ames and their competitors who also made them

In 1939 Runciman was promoted to Air Commodore and after the outbreak of WW2 became Director General of BOAC under the Churchill Administration

Original Zulu Wars Victorian Era Selepe Battle Axe P-1853 Enfield Exterior surface shows scattered lightOriginal Item: Only One Available. Almost certainly a British soldier's "bring back" this is a totally original to the period ZULU war axe traditionally referred to as a "selepe" carried in the left hand behind the cowhide shield, the short stabbing iklwa spear was carried in the right hand. The iron blade measures just over 9" the blade stem being decorated with cross hatching in the steel, mounted on a wood shaft of just over 25" in overall length