Car Boot Sale Finds

[Jimbo]

Found these yesterday at a car boot sale - they were on a table with two rusted German 20mm cases.
The man said that he got them from Bastogne years ago. I paid £5 for the pair!
One is for the K98, the other MP40.

[kradman]

Hi these are winter triggers for the k98 and mp40 these look likes ones i sold at the W&P show last summer ,I had a box of them found in Finland they were in a burn pit when found that is what has made the metal have that red colour to them

[Jimbo]

Oh really that's very interesting - they might be then, they definitely have the red colour as you say.
Do you have any more info about where the ones you had came from exactly?

[kradman]

There is a area in Lapland that was a large German storage area in ww2 ,The winter triggers i had came from a area were the Germans burn alot of of bulidings and Equipment before they left , at one time you could find complete ones of these there but these days you can only find in the condition like you have