Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Rastremato Model Trench Raiding Club - Featured in Book At Arm's Length Volume 1 U.S. Artillery Blades by this smith are

Blades by this smith are not often seen

This jacket was worn as an expression type of piece

There is a very unusual brass support for the ramrod extending from the front of the stock to the muzzle

Shoulder to sleeve: 25”

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Rastremato Model Trench Raiding Club - Featured in Book At Arm's Length Volume 1 U.S. Artillery Blades by this smith areOriginal Item: One of a kind. Purchased directly from David F. Machnicki, the author of At Arm's Length Trench Clubs and Knives (Vol. 1), where this very club is featured on page 8! Please note that the attached page image from the book is copyrighted material and the use of the page is done by permission of the author. A printed copy of the page will accompany the purchase of this club. This example of an Austrian trench club illustrates a radically