Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Mace Club - Personal Collection David Machnicki Author of At Arm's Length Series Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Ammunition for the turret was

Ammunition for the turret was 1

is marked 13TH BN on one side

The rank of 'Private' in the newly formed Corps of Royal Engineers was changed to 'Sapper' and still exists today

This led them to develop a similar rimless cartridge and a Mauser action based rifle to shoot it

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Raiding Mace Club - Personal Collection David Machnicki Author of At Arm's Length Series Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Ammunition for the turret wasOriginal 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 is a gruesome example of a Great War Austrian Trench Club comprised of a simple yet effective design. It measures 16 inches in overall length and weighs just under 1 lb. It is of all wooden construction, shaped somewhat like a