Strange object

[adrinus]

Hi there!
Wandering through some first line ww1 trenches in the Carpathians I stumble across this strange object that I cannot identify. It is manufactured of some kind of alloy and it has appx. 9cm in lenght (without the iron wire) and appx. 7-7.5cm in diameter at the base spiral.
The area was littered with shrapnel chunks, other sort of spent fuses and shrapnel diaphragms, the scene of heavy fighting.
Thankx in advance.

 

[SpudGun]

The bottom part of a picket fence ?

 

[pzgr40/42]

Hey,

My guess would be a (telephone)cable guide ( looks like this could have been screwed into the side of a trench or into the earth) .

greetz,

Menno.

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Hole maker ?

Or was it a tool for drilling a hole in the earth much the same as is in use to this day?

Such as these


http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xGS-hole borers~NS-1~linkin_id-8015465

 

[beihan62]

Hole Maker,

Could this (Auger ?)have been a tool for boring small holes in the ground so that mines or charges could be laid without the mining team being seen by the enemy,if say a "T" bar was fitted it could be used by a minelaying team while lying down,I would think it is the wrong shape to be a ground anchor unless other sections could be added so that it could penetrate deeper into the ground,whatever its use was it is very robust and is an unusual item,
Don,

 

[super7]

Found an identical object in the book 'armi ed equipaggiamenti dell'esercito
italiano nella grande guerra' and it is described as a ground (or ice) anchor
for barbed wire entanglements.

Regards, Jan

http://www.westernfront.nl

 

[adrinus]

Found an identical object in the book 'armi ed equipaggiamenti dell'esercito
italiano nella grande guerra' and it is described as a ground (or ice) anchor
for barbed wire entanglements.

Regards, Jan

http://www.westernfront.nl

Thankx for the replies guys. It can be a ground anchor for barbed wire (the area being filled with still surviving barbed wire portions), as super7 said.

 

[adrinus]

By the way, super7 can you please scan what is it that you saw in that book and post it here?
Thanx.