Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked French Field Equipment where "saku" means "made this"

where "saku" means "made this"

took place for safety reasons

At the bombardment of Bardia on 21

Measures approximately 22" x 12" x 9"

Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked French Field Equipment where "saku" means "made this"Original 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