Original German WWII Heer Army Gebirgsjäger Mountain Trooper Ice Axe with Wrist Strap - Waffenamt Marked Vickers MMG This example is Serial #00256

This example is Serial #00256

He was a very talented inventor and eventually held patents for 75 different mechanical devices

It is offered in good condition complete with brass fuse cap and cast lettering on the side that reads (hardly legible) Trench Howitzer

so it is possible that this modification occurred there

but during the first days of NSDAP rule

Original German WWII Heer Army Gebirgsjäger Mountain Trooper Ice Axe with Wrist Strap - Waffenamt Marked Vickers MMG This example is Serial #00256Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful service used World War Two "Aschenbrenner" style Fhrerpickel (guide pick) ice axe. "Himalaya" Peter Aschenbrenner was a famous Austrian mountaineer of the time, and this ice axe design was named after him. While technically this was a civilian ice axe, Aschenbrenner was a Heeresbergfhrer (Army Mountain Guide) with the Gebirgsjgers (Mountain Troopers) during the war. This model of ice axe is