Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Rigid Steel Cable Trench Raiding Club - Personal Collection David Machnicki Author of At Arm's Length Series OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT Then we drove and drove

Then we drove and drove and finally when -- Bastogne is where we were going

and are in fact a design popular in the 17th century

beginning with the daguerreotype in 1838

M-1917A1 “Kelly” Helmet with wonderful heavily applied rough cork finish

This was once a splendid weapon

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Rigid Steel Cable Trench Raiding Club - Personal Collection David Machnicki Author of At Arm's Length Series OPTIONS_HIDDEN_PRODUCT Then we drove and droveOriginal Item: One of a kind. Purchased directly from David F. Machnicki, the author of At Arm's Length Trench Club book Series. We were told that this club will be featured in the upcoming Volume three of the series This trench club (Nahkampfkeule) features a pear shaped iron head mounted to the top of a 12 mm diameter rigid steel wire cable. This rigid cable was attached to the inside of the iron head and passes completely through the massive double