Original French Pre-WWII Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss This fine example in Bronze

This fine example in Bronze grade is constructed of oval shaped bronzed zink

Bonnar entered the service in November 1942

The Condor Legion (German: Legion Condor) was a unit composed of volunteers from the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and from the German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) which served with the Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War of July 1936 to March 1939

and it is marked 95 on one end

the division’s state side motto from training days when they seemed to draw more than their fair share of onerous assignments

Original French Pre-WWII Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard Category_Blunderbuss This fine example in BronzeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice Pre WWII Era French Coupe short entrenching machete, as used by the Tirailleurs Sngalais (Senegalese Colonial Troops) for the first half of the 20th century. These were first introduced in 1898, and continued to be produced and used up through WWII. They were even reissued as late as the 1960s, and examples saw service during the Indochina Wars. Early versions were maker marked on the blade, but