Possible Clues:

• Task gig's crew to shift what officer might carry
• Army officer's short leather-covered cane
• Get bogged down after loot taken by half of German general staff?
• Squadron Leader's bet about good staff officer's accessory
• Cane used by military joker on force once in hospital rounds
• Cane held by army officers
• Loot gets French department credit - colonel has it in hand
• Boastful officer's wand
• Haul German over to endure cane
• Officer's cane