Time of Death....

[Chris Boonzaier]

This death card arrived yesterday, the man was killed in September 1916 in the Chapitre Wald at Verdun. Killed by serious wounds in a Bombardement and buried alive.

The watch I found in the Chpitrewald sector earlier this year, it had been churned up by a Forestery machine.... Stopped at 08:15....

Of course, its not his.... but they just seem to fit together....

[Spasm]

Chris what a great thing to find. Obviously never to be wound or cleaned in any way. And for some reason they do seem to go together.

[TacHel]

Woa... As eerie as it gets... Awesome mind you, but eerie nonetheless... That watch makes that small piece of paper come alive.

[Chris Boonzaier]

You cannot believe how astonished I was... just walking along a rut in the forest and seeing a white disk peeking out at me! It is from a swiss maker who moved to Germany quite some time befor ethe war..and the stamps on this one is what he used in germany

[dond]

I remember the find. We also found three dud French 155mm rounds along that slope.

[Chris Boonzaier]

A couple more photos including other things found on the slope surrounding the place where i found the watch....

[Chris Liontas]

WOW!!! Chris the stuff you find is amazing!! Any idea what unit occupied the area, or what the combat operations were where you found it??

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

It was unfortunately an area that many, many people moved through, no way to tell. I guess there was a 50/50 chance that he would have his name engraved... bummer he did not....

[dond]

If we had scraped the ground a little we may have found the owner.....