From german and USA trenches in Salerno battlefield

[matteo]

This mornig we find these objects in german and USA trenches in Salerno battlefield. Some idea about these objects?

Fragments of MG42?



Marks



Tootpaste? I read ZAHN... M....



Alluminium painted black. I think is part of a radio. Some idea?



Alluminium painted black. I think is part of a radio or telephone. Some idea?



Rifle M1 accessory?



Part of a Thompson submachine??





Small knife, german button, part of USA equipment.



Some idea about the cap?



Mark of alcool of fascist age.

[Steve T]

Nicew finds but having trouble seeing them properly. Can you upload them using the forum upload tool please matteo.

Thanks

Steve T

[Rommel1942]

Nice finds, interesting assortment of bits and pieces!

Regards,
Finn

[HVK]

Picture one is butstock assembly with damaged bakelite butstock for an MG-42. Below is the golt head for an MG-42 with the roller locking.

Nive finds !!!

[Franz1944]

Wait You can DIg IN Italy? but not France.

[jimpy]

Pic 9. The buckle is US either the flap closure buckle slider off a haversack or one of the adjusting buckle sliders off a webbing harness. The wire hooks are "equipment hangers" for waterbottles or possibly pistol holsters. I cant tell what the rest are, sorry.

Regards etc
Ian D

AKA: Jimpy

[Berthier92]

the tooth paste, im Swiss and i speak German fluently, toothpaste in German is written ZAHN PASTA, so that M makes no sense, but its definitly a toothpaste tube

[rra227]

The one piece is a Garand tool. It is the cleaning patch holder type. Rich A. in Pa.

[m3bobby]

What you identify as a Thompson SMG part is actually the Top cover locking latch from a .30" US M1917 or more likely a M1917A1. A real nice find as I can't imagine many of these were in use in the European theatre and subsequently lost. Its a shame there wasn't any other parts there, I've been looking for a 1917A1 for about 6 years with no luck!