Original British Victorian Rare 1883 Wallace Patent Entrenching Tool and Pioneer Spade Category_MG 42 Mounts 25" x 9" stitched to

25" x 9" stitched to the back of the  exterior below the flag

they became popular with the Germanic armies in the mid to late 19th century because of their perceived durability over "lesser" boots

In Portuguese service it was used in combat in Angola

Offered in very nice matured condition this was almost certainly recovered from the battlefield

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Original British Victorian Rare 1883 Wallace Patent Entrenching Tool and Pioneer Spade Category_MG 42 Mounts 25" x 9" stitched toOriginal Item: Only One Available. Few people get excited about military entrenching tools BUT this is the Holy Grail! Entrenching Tools became essential in WWI and then again in WWII however they were first officially introduced during the Victorian era as "essential equipment". The rarest of them all is the scarce Wallace Patent entrenching tool patented in 1883 by Nesbit Willoughby Wallace, which was a design of sheer genius. Commonly used with the