Original Item: Only one available. Once the Battle is over, the victorious have the right to stroll the field looking for spoils to bring home to remind them of their Victory. England has been full of such items but sadly in years since WW2 most everything has gone. This genuine Zulu Knobkierie is a very nice example that no doubt some young British trooper found on the battlefield and brought back to England as a remembrance.

This is a very nice Knobkierie which has an attached plaque reading:

Mzinyathi
River Crossing
1879

This would denote that the Knobkierie was picked up at the River Crossing, which is very close to Rorke’s Drift, the site of one of the most infamous battles in history, and the Battle which produced more Victoria Cross Recipients than any other in British History. While the plaque and engraving appears to be late 19th century style there is no provenance accompanying this piece. 

This example measures 24½" overall. The round warhead is 3 inches in diameter, somewhat smaller than we usually see. This was intended for speed. Intended for close quarter combat or often used as for use as a missile. The ball shows small age cracks that only form after a great number of years, confirming its age to the Victorian era.

Ready for further research and display.

A Knobkierie, also spelled knobkerrie, knopkierie or knobkerry, is a form of club used mainly in Southern and Eastern Africa. Typically they have a large knob at one end and can be used for throwing at animals in hunting or for clubbing an enemy's head. The knobkierie is carved from a branch thick enough for the knob, with the rest being whittled down to create the shaft.

The name derives from the Afrikaans word knop, meaning knot or ball and the Nama (one of the Khoekhoe languages) word kierie, meaning cane or walking stick. The name has been extended to similar weapons used by the natives of Australia, the Pacific islands and other places.

Knobkieries were an indispensable weapon of war, particularly among southern Nguni tribes such as the Zulu (as the iwisa) and the Xhosa. Knobkieries was occasionally used during World War I. The weapon also being carried by British soldiers in Siegfried Sassoon's fictionalized autobiography.