Original German Pre - WWII 1941-Dated Short Handled Pioneer Wire Cutters with Leather Carrier by Hugo Linder Deltawerk of Solingen

Original Item: Only One Available. The German Pioniertruppen (Pioneer troops) were equipped to accomplish many different tasks. Whether it was laying mines, building (or demolishing) bridges, removing obstacles or constructing earth re-enforcments; the Pioneer 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 certainly service-worn, and looks to be fully functional, though the metal of the cutters has heavy paint chipping. There is a Waffenamt stamp on the head's hinge pivot, WaA727, next to the maker mark gyr / 1941 for 1941 manufacture by Hugo Linder Deltawerk of Solingen, a maker of cutlery. The cutters measure about 15 inches in overall length.

The cover is good, marked under the flap cny 41 for 1941 manufacture by C. Pose of Berlin. This is a known maker of holsters and other leather military accoutrements.