Original German WWI Era Short Entrenching Tool Shovel with WWII Leather Carrier - Service Worn Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia once aboard

once aboard

and was probably made for displaying inside rooms

The firm Alois Rettenmaier was partially licensed in the organization

This locked the fuze vanes

converted to an attack transport by Todd Shipbuilding Company

Original German WWI Era Short Entrenching Tool Shovel with WWII Leather Carrier - Service Worn Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia once aboardOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service used German WWI Era Kleines Schanzzeug (Short Entrenching Tool) Shovel, which is a design that originally came about in the 1880s, but was still being made relatively unchanged in size and shape during the WWII Period. The main differences between the early and later produced examples were markings as well as construction methods. All utilized a short wooden handle riveted to a rectangular