Chris Boonzaier Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Lets see your spades! Europe wide they seem to have been all very similar, so i am hoping for a thread where we can compare the spades of all nations (hence here in a general section and not in the german or whatever).All very similar. The green one is a German one from verdun, the one with a saw on the side a french one from the 1970s and far, by far the best quality.The black one... I heard may be Swiss? And what about the small one with maltese cross?
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 Here are the backs and the stamp on the small one, which is not riveted, but welded at points where the others have rivets.
Tony Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Does an entrenching tool count? It's dated 1915.The spade or 'spade part of' was found between Ginchy and Sailly Saillisel by my son last year and is either French or German.Tony
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