Original U.S. WWII Office of Strategic Services OSS “Tetrapod” Barbed Caltrop Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns with the areas on top

with the areas on top faded to more of a plum patina

There is a piece broken and missing from the box on the left hand side

James Longstreet

These were usually made from walnut and beech laminate

each blued and unmarked

Original U.S. WWII Office of Strategic Services OSS “Tetrapod” Barbed Caltrop Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns with the areas on topOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of a Christmas Tree shaped caltrop as used by the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessors of the now Central Intelligence Agency. The caltrop shows heavy oxidation but has a lovely patina. This is an American made, used and issued example and is not to be mistaken for being of German or Dutch origin. A caltrop is an area denial weapon made up of two or more sharp nails or spines