Tom Morgan Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 (edited) [attachmentid=37456]My main interest is in the Great War battlefields themselves - how they were, how they are today and what can still be seen there. I have a small collection of pick-up items, always taken with the permission of the land-owner. Where a found object is too "pyrotechnically volatile" to move, I just take photographs. Here's hoping that members will find this first batch of interest.Tom"Flying Pig" mortar projectile - Beaumont-Hamel, somme Edited May 1, 2006 by Tom Morgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 German stick-grenade - Flers, Somme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 British HE shell, 18 pdr - Le Sars, Somme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 Mills Bomb - Courcelette, Somme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 1, 2006 Author Share Posted May 1, 2006 (edited) Silver pocket-watch key - Thiepval, Somme Edited May 1, 2006 by Tom Morgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 I like them Tom, please show more.I don't usually see much on the Somme, once at the fair in Sailly Sallisel my wife got bored and went for a walk. She came back 15 minutes later with a Lebel rifle, twisted and bent from the plough. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 my wife got bored and went for a walk. She came back 15 minutes later with a Lebel rifle, twisted and bent from the plough. TonyLucky! Some years ago my wife asked me to go into an antique store as they "had some badges". I came away with a Canadian Militia pith helmet (admittedly in rough shape) with a beautiful 1908 Star plate to the 31st Battalion.For $35!I just wish I'd bought the Gras bayonet as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 cartridges and shrapnel balls. The cartridge on the left is German (there is iron content in the bullet itself hence the rusting). The others are British. The one on the right is still held in the rusted remnants of its charger clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 Pickelhaube spike - Boesinge, near Ypres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 Machine-pressed aluminium strips from original British wooden cross grave markers - bonfire-site in field next to Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme. The upper one says (if carefully unfolded) "Unknown British Sergeant." The lower one reads, "UNKNOWN B". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 Transit-plugs for the threaded fuse aperture - British 2" Mortar rounds ("Plum Puddings" or "Toffee Apples.") Boesinge, near Ypres, Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 Fragment of British rum-jar, with part of the "S. R. D." transfer - La Boisselle, Somme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 British friction-tube. When you see a gunnner firing a piece by pulling on a lanyard, this is what the other end of the lanyard was attached to. Pulling the lanyard pulled out a pin which was coated with material rather like that on a match. The resulting burn passed down the small tube and ingnited the charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Some nice stuff.... any problems bringing it home? I heard they once closed the channel tunnel because a collecter had a bomb in his car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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