![Barbaric German WW1 armour and weaponry set for auction](http://web.archive.org./web/20171220052309/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/19/21/47774CEB00000578-0-image-m-27_1513719646444.jpg)
The chilling items, set for auction in Ashford, Kent, include a rare German 'sawback bayonet' blade (top left). The weapon looks like a long dagger, but one side had a lethal serrated edge that caused horrendous wounds and even helped pull out a victim's insides. Another weapon up for sale is a wooden trench club dotted with metal studs (bottom left), which was used to quietly kill soldiers during night-time raids. Alongside the brutal weaponry, a rare steel body armour set (pictured right) worn by German troops placed in vulnerable fixed positions is up for auction. The suit was used by snipers and machine gunners, who came under heavy fire once their positions had been exposed. The sale also includes an extremely rare facial defence shield (centre image, auction item pictured left, file photo inset) known as an elephant plate.