Original U.S. WWI Outstanding Hand-Painted Canvas Circus Style “The Great Battlefields of France” Show Displays Painted by Lt. Howard A. Phillips British Edged Weapons Some have original markings or

Some have original markings or stamps and some are blank

The blade however has been modified

and there are no other markings on the pistol

servicemen had no standard-issue fighting knife and the military was desperately looking for a quick way to satisfy the demand for them

Overall it measures 26 inches in length and is one of the most astounding impressive examples of a Great War trench club we have ever encountered

Original U.S. WWI Outstanding Hand-Painted Canvas Circus Style “The Great Battlefields of France” Show Displays Painted by Lt. Howard A. Phillips British Edged Weapons Some have original markings orOriginal Items. One of a Kind Set. This is an extraordinary set of hand painted canvas circus style display boards painted for a homefront show which showed photographs and moving pictures from the Great Battlefields of France and the Americans in Action. These were painted by Lieutenant Howard Allison Phillips of Newark, Ohio, who served in the Quartermaster Corps during the war, and who later in life owned a studio of commercial arts in Elmwood