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Record 1 2018-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A knife designed for use in hand-to-hand fighting in trenches ...

OBS

[Trench knives were] developed in response to a need for a close combat weapon for soldiers conducting assaults and raids on enemy trenchlines during the First World War.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes

Spanish

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