Question Regarding Doughboy Walking Sticks

[Blackhorse]

Greetings,

I recently came across this photo and am wondering if anyone has any idea what the walking-sticks carried by these two Doughboys are?

[Gunner 1]

I know absolutely nothing about this subject but they appear similar to a stadia rod or aiming post.

[Blackhorse]

Thanks Gunner. I contacted the World War one Museum and they deemed them nothing more than studio-props.

 

"...the ones in the photograph were props used in the photographer’s studio. Soldiers did not make them they were made in cottage industries in European countries and sold as souvenirs."  ~Museum Staff