Original British Victorian Rare 1883 Wallace Patent Entrenching Tool and Pioneer Spade Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia The PIAT firing system meant

The PIAT firing system meant that it had several advantages over other anti-tank weapons of the time

such as clearing brush or creating trails

and the 31st Territorial Infantry Regiment formed part of the division

probably for trench warfare use

SPQR is an acronym of a Latin phrase

Original British Victorian Rare 1883 Wallace Patent Entrenching Tool and Pioneer Spade Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia The PIAT firing system meantOriginal Item: Only One Available. Few people get excited about military entrenching tools BUT this is the Holy Grail! Entrenching Tools became essential in WWI and then again in WWII however they were first officially introduced during the Victorian era as "essential equipment". The rarest of them all is the scarce Wallace Patent entrenching tool patented in 1883 by Nesbit Willoughby Wallace, which was a design of sheer genius. Commonly used with the