British WWII Khaki Brown Web Entrenching Tool Carrier Cover Snider Rifle Parts Commissioned a week after the

Commissioned a week after the end of World War II

which was constructed of aluminum and painted "oxygen green"

In Portuguese service it was used in combat in Angola

75" spikes

British WWII Khaki Brown Web Entrenching Tool Carrier Cover Snider Rifle Parts Commissioned a week after theNew Made Item: During both WWI and WWII all Armies were issued with small spades known as entrenching tools. These useful little spades were ideal to dig in and even to act as a hand weapon if the occasion arose. In WW2 Britain issued a khaki brown web carrier expressly for the purpose of attaching the entrenching tool to every infantryman. Consisting of an 8 inch by 8 inch double ply pocket to retain the blade with a brass mounted neck strap to wrap