A knobkerrie, also spelled knobkerry, knobkierie or knopkierie, is a form of wooden club used mainly in Southern Africa and Eastern Africa. It typically has a large knob at one end for striking an opponent, carries marked cultural significance for the peoples who use it, and carrying one has also held a political dimension, especially in South Africa. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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A knobkerrie, also spelled knobkerry, knobkierie, and knopkierie (Afrikaans), is a form of wooden club, used mainly in Southern Africa and Eastern Africa.
Used In: World War I, Section: Uses in southern Africa and abroad
Outside Africa, the British called their trench clubs knobkerries during World War I, though their form was often not traditional. The weapon was used in No Man's Land by the poet Siegfried Sassoon as relayed in the Sherston trilogy, his pseudonymous autobiography.
In Group: Ancient Clubs and Staff Weapons, Lead sentence
A knobkerrie, also spelled knobkerry, knobkierie, and knopkierie (Afrikaans), is a form of wooden club, used mainly in Southern Africa and Eastern Africa.
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