1915 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT MANUAL BY A SECOND LIEUTENANT ON THE ART OF BAYONET COMBAT

On offer is a super manuscript relic of World War I soldiering and combat training being a handwritten Bayonet fighting training book dated Dec `15 Aldershot by William J. Budd 2/Lt 2/5 R. War R. Over 46 pages Mr. Budd details thee art of fighting with a bayonet under all conditions and seems very comprehensive indeed. The book proper is bound in a maroon cloth binding, with blind stamp [MSS?] front cover. There is some rubbing to edges, spine lightly faded but overall the book is G+.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, BAYONET FIGHTING, WORLD WAR I, WW1, WWI, THE WAR TO END ALL WARS, COMBAT, INFANTRY, HAND TO HAND COMBAT, ALDERSHOT, BRITISH ARMY INSTRUCTIONS, SOLDIERING, FIGHTING, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, AMERICANA, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, documento, manuscrito, Papel,