Original French WWI Era Engineers Short Handled Wire Cutters by Peugeot Freres
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Original Item: Only One Available. The French Engineers were equipped to accomplish many different tasks. Whether it was laying mines, building (or demolishing) bridges, removing obstacles or constructing earth re-enforcments; the Engineer troops carried the necessary equipment. They had a variety of different tools such as long spades, saws, explosives, detonators, and wire cutters. The Drahtschere (wire cutters) were key during WWI, due to the extensive barbed wire used. Many of these wire cutters were still quite serviceable when WWII arrived, and were used then as well.
This example is quite nice, and looks to be fully functional, though there are chips on the blade, probably from trying to use them to cut something larger or harder than wire. There is a maker marking on the head's hinge pivot, reading PEUGEOT FRERES. The cutters measure about 12 1/2 inches in overall length, and the wood appears to have some minor woodworm damage.
A great example of field-used French military equipment, ready to research and display!
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