British WWII Khaki Brown Web Entrenching Tool Carrier Cover Snider Rifle Parts In Portuguese service it was

In Portuguese service it was used in combat in Angola

unmarked other than a small proof mark on the ricasso

is always missing

Nam Phong is today a Royal Thai Air Force bombing range

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British WWII Khaki Brown Web Entrenching Tool Carrier Cover Snider Rifle Parts In Portuguese service it wasNew 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