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Original WWI French Battlefield Excavated Relic Collection - Helmet, Canteen, Barbed Wire, Shells & More!
Item Description
Original Ground Dug Items: Only One Lot of Available. This is fantastic! During WWI much of North East France and the surrounding areas became part of "No man's land", where constant trench warfare reduced the environment to a blasted out, desolate area. Repeated charges and changes in the front left huge amounts of material behind, often buried by later trench works, artillery fire, and the like, which means that for many years to come, any type of excavation in the area will turn up numerous artifacts.
Here we have a great set of excavated "relic" items from North East France, which really run the gamut regarding types of items as well as the countries represented. We unfortunately do not know exactly where these items were dug up, and it's very possible that they were dug up in multiple different places. They are all definitely WWI items, and show the deterioration that comes with being under the ground for a long period of time.
The items that we can easily identify include:
- One U.S. 75mm Shell Casing
- One Artillery Shell measuring approximately 80mm in diameter.
- One German Stick Grenade Head, which still has some of the cardboard inside.
- One French WWI Canteen.
- One U.S. WWI M1917 Helmet Shell. It has solid rivets on the chinstrap bales, so this is definitely U.S. Production.
- Two Artillery Shell fuzes
- Some Sections of WWI Barbed Wire.
- One 26 Inch Long Section of a Barbed Wire picket stake.
- Other bits and bobs such as a butt plate, ceramic bottle stopper etc.
Definitely some fantastic research and display potential! A great set of "dug up" items from "The Great War", and you don't have to travel to France to dig them out of the ground!
All items are completely inert and are in compliance with the current BATF standards on inert ordnance. Not available for Export
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