Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 I am not to sure what I have here... it is from the son of one of my WW1 guys....This is his unit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Here is a telegram out of the festung.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 His dog tag and Soldbuch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Sewn (hidden) into the dog tag bad was this cardboard stiffened square. It id covered in cloth and sewn into a square. I carefully took that out, slit the threads and found the white cloth, also folded together and sewn into a little lump about half the size of an M&M. Opening up than was this tiny bit of paper and what looks like a tablet that had been wrapped in foil.Does anyone have an idea what it could be....??? I hope not poison of some sort.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Bottom right on the leather dog tag bag you can see the thread that held the square in.Whatever the little thing was it was very, very carefully packed away and hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Seems like a lot of trouble for an aspirin.... really interesting stuff. Can it be analyzed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Seems like a lot of trouble for an aspirin.... really interesting stuff. Can it be analyzed?I gave it to the neighbours cat.... will report back in a few hours...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) I gave it to the neighbours cat.... will report back in a few hours......If the cat now looks like this, don't tell your neighbor what you did.Les Edited April 3, 2009 by Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 as long as Rick does not find out..... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Seems a bit junior and young to have been contemplating the Himmler Option on capture. Would have thought he'd have been looking FORWARD to P.O.W. food, after the winter of 1944/45.Maybe something ELSE pilfered from the medical stores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 The almost unreadable label hols the key....It was so well sewn up it was not there for easy access.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 (edited) Aged High Grade Medicinal Cocaine; you now have @$2K street value. ...and 35 years in the Big House statewide old chum :Cat-Scratch: Edited April 3, 2009 by Ulsterman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Aged High Grade Medicinal Cocaine; you now have @$2K street value. ...and 35 years in the Big House statewide old chum hmmmm.... I cannot seem to find the cat anywhere..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 ...probably still running at top speed up the autobahn and twitching. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 If it smells like an almond don't eat it.I was reading the other day that pirates wore earrings, so if they were thrown overboard and washed up on a beach it would pay for their funeral.Maybe an uncut diamond Most likely a pill for diarrhea. That would be worth its weight in gold and definitely worth hiding.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) Most likely a pill for diarrhea. That would be worth its weight in gold and definitely worth hiding..A traditional cure for diarrhea in many parts of the world is to chew and eat small lumps of charcoal. Chewing the stuff can be a little messy and you'll want to wash your mouth out afterwards. It work very well, and is cheaper and quicker than running (in all sense of the word) to a doctor or pharmacy. Whatever Chris fed the cat, left small silver/white or greyish looking stains on the material next to it. Chris, any chance of a better image of the lettering or label on the wrapping?"Ag" is the chemical symbol for "Argentum" or silver. Googling "Agn" provided the following from one of the sites it brought up:Synonyms: 12553-68-3, 15046-91-0, 47Ag, 7440-22-4, 87354-45-8, 87370-84-1, Ag, Ag(0), Ag+, Agn, AIDS-334784, AIDS334784, Algaedyn, Amalgum, Argentum, Astroflake 5, C.I. 77820, C06710, Carey Lea silver, Caswell No. 735, CHEBI:30512, CHEBI:9141, CI 77820, Colloidal silver, D 25 (metal), Degussa 67, Degussa 80, Dotite XA 208, EINECS 231-131-3, EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 072501, Epinall, FA 2 (metal), FA 312, G 12 (metal), Germany: C-Pigment 2, HSDB 5034, Jelcon SH 1, KS (metal), L-3 (element), LA 113, Lead refinery silver bullion, LS 500, Metz 25B, Metz 3000-1, Shell silver, Silber, Silber [German], Silflake 135, Silpowder 130, Silver, Silver atom, Silver metal, Silver nanoparticles, silver(0), Silver(II), Silver, colloidal, Silver, elemental, Silver, metal and soluble compounds, SR 999, TCG 7rClick on image for more info from PubChemclick for details Search for: AgnIUPAC Name silverCAS Number 7440-22-4Chemical Formula AgSome type of silver compound perhaps? Les Edited April 4, 2009 by Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 I think the silver color is like the silver foil in a pack of smokes, it must have been wrapped around "The object" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Y Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Hmmm, Albert Hoffmann took his famous bike ride in 1943, so there's a possibility. Some type of silver compound perhaps?I seem to remember silver compounds being used to treat the, pardon the expression, French pox :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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