unknown collapsible spade..

[3CCC]

hi

please can someone identify this collapsible spade, from what army and time period is it?

thank you
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[3CCC]

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[Ir 143]

Shovel.

Looks like sovietic shape, but never seen a folding one.

[anmarlodz]

Looks like sovietic shape, but never seen a folding one.

Agree looks like soviet type. Maybe some low number prototype or postwar cammunistic block shovel ( one for sure I can say - not polish made shovel ).

[immer]

Hi mate,
its a hungarian ww2 36M shovel, nice condition!

[moriarty]

Immer is right!
36 M shovel.

[honvéd]

i agree too, hungarian m36....

[3CCC]

hello

thank you for identification!!
now i have another question, the spade comes with this leather cover is this related - also royal hungarian army ww2 period?

the leather cover is marked with X.A.B. or K.A.B.

greetings and many thanks
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[honvéd]

k.a.b. = központi átvételi bizotság. sorry, i don´t know the exact english translation at the moment.
but yes, it's hungarian wwII. nice one!

[honvéd]

by the way, the same leather was used for the 1910m spade during the austrian-hungarian monarchy.