As promised here are some items I found some years ago along the Western Front of WW1. All the items where found near Nieuwpoort (Newport) and Diksmuide (Dixsmude). Not many people are aware of the fact that it was here that the most important battle of WW1 took place. I'am talking offcourse about the "Battle of the Yser". It was here that the Belgian army stopped the German offensive at a cost of a third of its army. Sixty thousand men died here in a mere two weeks. However the Germans lost the race to the sea and the frontline would not change alot in the next four years.
For those who want to read more:
Battle of the Yser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here is a map of the area, I marked where most of the objects where found:
Here are some of the Items I found:
The German Shovel was found near to Sint Joris, the bullets, snaps flask and pipe where found near Diksmuide. The detonators where found on a number of places. If you look closely you can see that the German shell still has it's feldgrau paint...
Here is a picture of one of my most beautifull and interesting pieces of my collection, an exploded shell. I took several weeks to clean it beacause when I found it it was nothing more then a clump of rust...
At the moment the only item I have on display in my collection room is the exploded shell, the rest is in a box at the attic...
Thats it for now, in the comming days and weeks I'll post pictures from all the items I have in my collection wich are mainly Third Reich items...
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