Original British WWI Officer's Leather Covered Swagger Stick Circa 1917 Original Machine Gun Part Sets The barrel wedge and loading

The barrel wedge and loading rammer are marked with shortened number 9422

From this time forward the arsenal began to be known by the abbreviation MAS

"2600 Anniversary 1940" with other battle quotes

The lower mekugi-ana (peg hole) is empty

Original British WWI Officer's Leather Covered Swagger Stick Circa 1917 Original Machine Gun Part Sets The barrel wedge and loadingOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a genuine early WW1 British Officer's leather covered Swagger stick carried by the upper crust of the Officer Corp. These were introduced late in WW1 to replace officer's carrying the metal topped cane Regimental sticks. It is a fact that common even soldiers were issued cane swagger sticks when going on leave in WW1, so that they had something to occupy their hands. Early in the war delicate old ladies had