WW2 BRITISH/AUSTRALIAN ENTRENCHING TOOL/MINE PRODDER WITH COVER AND BAYONET
This entrenching tool set is complete with the head, cover, handle and spike bayonet which was used for probing for mines, other examples do not have the bayonet fitting. Used by all Commonwealth forces during WW2. The head is maker marked but hard to read but clearly date stamped 1942. The spike bayonet is maker marked and the wooden handle is maker marked and dated 1944.