Original French WWI Trench All Steel Fighting Knife - Le Nettoyer des Tranches British Machine Guns fiber reinforced linen cover with

fiber reinforced linen cover with a wool/felt two piece anchor sewn on the front

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it effectively repelled numerous German counterattacks and kept the roads to Naples through the Chiunzi Pass clear until the US and British forces could gain control of the Sorrento Plateau after fighting their way up the coast from Anzio

A little more than a year later

Jacobs and McCollester was sent to Stalag Luft I Barth

Original French WWI Trench All Steel Fighting Knife - Le Nettoyer des Tranches British Machine Guns fiber reinforced linen cover withOriginal Item: Only One Available. The development of TRENCH WARFARE in WW1 lead to many front line innovations. The British used field made TRENCH CLUBS and the French used field made TRENCH DAGGERS. This is a known example of the local front line production of a simple but effective dagger that French pressed into service. This particular style became known as "LE NETTOYER DES TRANCHES", which translates to : "THE CLEARER OF TRENCHES". Constructed