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H030267 MOUNTAIN TROOPER'S ICE PICKAXE.
(Gebirgsjäger Spitzhacke)BACKGROUND: During WWII the German army fielded nine Mountain Divisions with an additional six Waffen-SS Mountain Divisions. Generally speaking the Mountain Divisions were specially trained and equipped Infantry Divisions. Due to the nature of the terrain and the commonly colder climate that the Mountain Divisions were expected to serve in, special clothing, footwear and equipment was developed specifically for their use. Primarily the special equipment developed for the Mountain personnel consisted of winter warfare and mountain climbing related items, and included, skis, ski accessories, crampons, pitons, ice pick axes, snowshoes, snow goggles, etc. etc..
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 80cm tall lathed hardwood handle ice pickaxe with a tooled steel head and bottom fitting. The roughly 29cm long, horizontal, tooled steel head is secured to the handle by two vertical steel sleeves with dual, flush rivets to each side with the handle being inserted into the center of the head. The tooled steel head has a roughly, 6cm wide, slightly downward curved, axe head to one side and a pointed tip, pick head with a serrated bottom edge to the other side. The bottom edge of the handle is inserted into a tooled steel fitting with an extended pointed tip nail to the bottom edge. The handle has a sliding, circular, steel ring with a rivetted on, woven canvas web wrist retaining loop. The wrist retaining loop has a sliding steel ring and an stud head allowing it to be tightly secured to the wrist. The handle has a raised screw near the bottom to prevent the steel ring with the wrist retaining loop from sliding off the end. The handle is well marked with stamped unit designation, "GJR 137", indicating Gebirgsjäger Regiment 137, (Mountain Infantry Regiment 137). One side of the head is well marked with the impressed manufacturers logo, "Stubai" within a diamond border and script, "Original Aschenbrenner Ges. Gesch.". Also included is a protective, two piece blackened leather axe and pick head cover. The protective cover consists of an elongated leather pick had pocket with a machine stitched seam to the bottom edge and a rivetted on, buckle holed strap to the top edge and a separate rectangular leather axe head pocket with machine stitched bottom and side seams and an opened top with a rivetted on, pronged, magnetic sheet metal buckle. The pockets are slipped over the appropriate head and attached by the strap and corresponding buckle. The axe head pocket is maker marked and dated for 1941. Shows the expected age and use.
GRADE **** PRICE $430.00
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