Jayh's recent finds

[Steve T]

HI all

Here are pictures of some of Jayh's recent finds from old bases and POW camps around England. Some great finds ! Congrats Jayh

First up, various bits of marked pottery and a nice gravy boat !









A grease gun by the looks of it....



Just a few 30cals



Big chunk of No 36m grenade



Pressure switch



Nose fuze, looks to be from a 40mm round or similar.



Nice cap badge



Various toiletry bits and jam pot lids



A couple of nice lighters, thought to be American



A lead cow, thought to be a fresian or possibly a Jersey



Nice American button



Now for the POW finds. First up some Italian buttons.



A bakelite lid that appears to have originated from Germany



More POW camp finds. There appears to be two Kriegsmarine buttons here



Markings on a German canteen found on a POW camp.



Part of a cache of 250 German pfennigs (WW2 dated) found in one hole on a POW camp site.



An eidelweiss, made crudely from lead. POW trench art ?



Lastly, a great erkennungsmarken, found on a POW camp.



Some great finds in there Jay ! Any chance of a close up of the markings on the bakelite disc and the back of the anchor buttons ?

Cheers

Steve T

[jayh]

Hi Steve thanks for putting these up !
I will dig the buttons out when I can , but they were deffo kriegsmarine .

[douglas2496]

Great stuff, most impressive finds, thank you for showing them.

[Steve T]

Hi Steve thanks for putting these up !
I will dig the buttons out when I can , but they were deffo kriegsmarine .

Great stuff !! The ones I have even have 'Kriegsmarine' stamped on the back and a date

[chu linh chi]

great! You should put them in the cabinet now!!

[Steve T]

LOL !! Chu......they are not mine, they are Jayh's I posted them for him as his internet is pants.

[harry211]

love the pressure Switch Number 2 Mark 1 - got a soft spot for these SOE type items. Really nice finds Jay

[LUCKYSTRIKE]

Hey Jay,
Lovely finds mate, you have been busy. The bakelite lid is in fact the base out of a German shell case, I have one too, Jay found these pictures a while ago and sent them over, sadly I cant remember the type of shell?





Cheers
LS

[spotter]

The fuze is much bigger than a 40mm fuze its the remnants of a No119 B commonly used on 25pdr HE projectiles and other large projectiles,according to the info i have the No119 came into service in 1938 and the No119 B in 1943 ,,see attached image for a complete and cut fuze.
also attached image of a cut No2 mk1 pressure switch developed by MD1 and went into production in 1939 with over 2.25 million produced during ww2.

[jayh]

nice info there spotter thank you!
the pressure switch i found is actually made of zinc it was found with a load of triang (yes the toys) drill rounds ,but i have also found a brass one