Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked British Artwork & Posters Amphibious Training Command

Amphibious Training Command

attempting to flank the Union position

Late in the war

The Stonebridge was an ingenious

The scabbard mounts are the nickel-plated steel types

Original British Napoleonic Officer's Spontoon Spear Cut Down to 43" - Board of Ordnance Marked British Artwork & Posters Amphibious Training CommandOriginal Item: Only One Available. This was released from a Regimental Museum upon closing down and had been previously on display in the Officer's Mess. It is a "SPONTOON", a long spear carried into battle very often by an Officer or Senior Sergeant, and became very handy for removing a French Cavalryman from his horse. That may be the case but its real purpose was to show the soldiers "on the line" where their commander was in all the smoke and