Original German WWII Square Head Entrenching Tool With Carrier Vietnam as worn by members of

as worn by members of the militia-like force established on November 9

The grooved rubber hose grip around the round metal hilt is in fine shape with no rips

The interior is fully lined in a light green rayon/silk with ink maker marking stamps

indicating that this rifle was produced with the rifled barrel

It has mostly German Silver engraved mounts

Original German WWII Square Head Entrenching Tool With Carrier Vietnam as worn by members ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. The entrenching tool was a basic item issued to all EM NCOs and was issued with a specific carrying case that was to be worn on the load carrying waist belt. Originally the non folding entrenching tool utilized by the Germany army in WWII was a carryover of the WWI and Reichswehr era M1887 entrenching tool until November 12, 1938 when a new improved folding shovel was introduced to replace the earlier non folding