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    Mine mystery

    I was wondering if anyone could identify this piece of metal. It was found many years ago on a local beach alongside a stack of type C Beach Mines. I have been told that it is the top of a 'mess tin mine', a sort of improvised landmine using a standard British army pattern (small) mess tin as...
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