Original Anglo-Zulu War Hardwood Knobkierie with Bone Plaque Marked Khambula 1879 Japanese Ordnance It was also routinely issued

It was also routinely issued to Italian colonial troops

which was designed for muzzle-loading cannon that had been modified by cutting three deep rifling grooves into the bore

These stahlhelm M53s remained in West German Bundesgrenzchutz use until the two Germanys reunited in 1990

and a pair of web straps at the bottom of the pack for attaching items like the poncho and poncho liner

Original Anglo-Zulu War Hardwood Knobkierie with Bone Plaque Marked Khambula 1879 Japanese Ordnance It was also routinely issuedOriginal Item: one of a kind. This is a 2. 5 hard wood ball on integral 24. 5" shaft, all made from one single piece of wood. Mounted on the shaft is an inlaid piece of bone (ivory?) etched with KHAMBULA 1879 Khambula or more usually spelt KAMBULA was a the scene of a battle between 2,000 British soldiers under the command of Colonel Evelyn Wood and an entire Zulu Impi regiment of some 20,000 warriors. It happened on March 29th, 1879 just two months