Original Italian WWI Bangalore Torpedo Explosive Tube for Clearing Obstacles French Pistols complete with the original award

complete with the original award document

and has some bending

Young in full combat gear

under the command of Captain Thomas Boland

Original Italian WWI Bangalore Torpedo Explosive Tube for Clearing Obstacles French Pistols complete with the original awardOriginal Item: Only One Available. A Bangalore torpedo is an explosive charge placed within one or several connected tubes. It is used by combat engineers to clear obstacles that would otherwise require them to approach directly, possibly under fire. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "Bangalore mine", "banger" or simply "Bangalore". The Bangalore torpedo was first devised by Captain R. L. McClintock, of the Royal Engineers while attached