wire cutter
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920178-064
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer J.B Ltd
- Date Made --
- Category Tools and equipment for materials
- Sub-category Metalworking tools and equipment
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Inscription JB LTD 9082/557; (broad arrow) over 1
- Pattern Name Cutters, Wire, Folding, Mk I
- Materials Metal
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Measurements Height 3.0 cm, Length 34.3 cm, Width 10.0 cm
- Caption Trench tools
- Additional Information Trench raiders carried heavy wire cutters and other special tools. In the weeks prior to an offensive, raiders and work parties from both sides crept into No Man's Land to cut through, or setup, barbed wire obstacles. Violent clashes resulted when these groups stumbled into one another.