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WW1 battlefield relics

Pictured are three relic items that i'm very attached to. I've made no secret about how much I like the relic condition stuff especially if I get information with it as to where it was found, then my main reason "it was there" no doubt
1) British #20 rifle grenade found by another BOCN member at Polygon Wood
2) Dopp. Z.92. fuze atop a nose cone from a German 15cm shrapnel shell found on Somme
3) WW1 German M1915 discus grenade (a few crates of these were found at the bottom of a lake in Europe in the 1980's and must have been quite deep as they were preserved remarkably well)

Sometimes I am up in the air about restoration of these pieces as they are in my opinion in a collecting catagory all their own. If a relic looks cool as is, then it stays that way. If it is cacked as to detract from the coolability factor then restoration is considered..Dano
 

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More inert relic junque

1) charger of .303 cartridges recovered at Ypres by another BOCN member

2) German M1915 Kugel grenade with 1/2 side blown out recovered Verdun by BOCN member

3) SMLE rifle grenade launcher cup traded from a BOCN member (don't know where it was found)

4) 90mm German shell with Dopp Zc/91 fuze (gift from BOCN member)

5) Relic German WW1 77mm shell with Dopp Z96n/A (threw on for effect - no adaptor)
was gift from BOCN member, don't know where it was found

D A N O
 

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Sorry Dano, moderator appeared to have removed my entry. I am apparently not allowed to show these pictures on this forum (seems to be a random rule judging by the various posts with similar pictures). Lesson learned.

Jan
 
Sorry Dano, moderator appeared to have removed my entry. I am apparently not allowed to show these pictures on this forum (seems to be a random rule judging by the various posts with similar pictures). Lesson learned.

Jan
Jan I just loved the pic with kugel and smooth egg. Could you please email it to me dano1917@yahoo.com
with permission to copy for my personal files??? Dano (you lucky dog)
 
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