M16 re-issued camo with pick axe damage

[AndyM35]

Thank you for the kind words BlackCat! I think hitting a convex shape with a potentially blunt pick would add to the difficulty too. I think it is actually named? Nothing on/under the liner pads, or on the liner band, but in the rear skirt? But very hard to discern more than 100 years later.

Andy

[BlackCat1982]

Yes Andy, I had also noticed the inscription, but I'm also struggling to make any sense of it.

[BlackCat1982]

Just saw this picture on FB and it perhaps sums up what was waiting to be clobbered by axe or melted down.

War detritus:

[AndyM35]

Just saw this picture on FB and it perhaps sums up what was waiting to be clobbered by axe or melted down.

War detritus:

Thanks BlackCat! Yes, an interesting photo. There’s all sorts of stuff in there including what looks like the handles for stretchers far right.