Hi
Whiles searching around my Pasture land in Normandy (D-day +15 American sector) I came across a WW2 .50cal bullet with a Grey Tip.(I believe this indicates it has an explosive head?)This is the Bullet and has been fired.
Knowing it was shot from a plane at a target in and around my land I started to try and trace the line of fire to see if I could find others.The next find I have a few feet away was Horse shoes.Thinking now I had found a German camp,I was surprised to find next a British George V 1912 sixpence.Next find again a few feet away was a French 1855 ten cent coin.
So I am now wondering if this could have been a friendly fire incident as a British coin on a German soldier is very strange. I am also wondering why an American soldier would also be carrying a British and French coin.
A few weeks ago I came across American Fox holes and again found a British Sixpence close by.If this is the case why would American soldiers have british coins on them after 15 days of fighting in Normandy....maybe lucky coin ?
Has anyone out there also found similar items out of place or a different idea of my findings.
It's also worth pointing out I have in the passed found spent .50 cal shells around the fields having been dropped from planes as they shot from the air at targets in and around my home here in Normandy
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