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10-10-2016 11:05 AM
# ADS
Circuit advertisement
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Hello,
The first shovel is WWII german and marked for the Wehrmacht Heer (paint not original)
The second shovel is not WWII german produced but the pressed cardboard cover is...
Once the paint is cleaned on the first shovel, you should put it in the cardboard cover.
On the third set the cover is marked SA for the finnish army...
Have a look at the back of riveted shovels for markings
Thanks
Last edited by JPhilip; 10-10-2016 at 09:16 PM.
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In Memoriam :
Laurent Huart (1964-2008)
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If it wasn't for the strange "lip" on the top of the last shovel, I would have sworn it was a Linnemann shovel.
The original shovel - the mother of all the small entrenching tools on the entire continent.
But I am positive it isn't. The shovel is however an older model than the other three, as it has the "retaining ring" mounted separate.
I could be one of the different models of the shovel Linnemann produced at his Austrian plant before WWI, but again I am very reluctant to believe this.
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A bit of history:
In 1869 the Danish officer Mads Johan Buch Linnemann "invented" the small shovel all collectors and "fanboys" incorrectly label a German invention. In 1870 it was patented and supplied to the Danish Army, and the following year the Austrian Army adopted the entrenching tool.
Later Linnemann set up a factory in Vienna to make the tool, and it was later introduced to Germany, France, Romania, Russian, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and many others. It was used for the first time (extensible) during the First Balkan War of 1912-1913, where it proved a great success. Germany never officially recognised his patent. Neither did France. Only Russia, Denmark and Norway recognised his patent - and paid him the royalties he was entitled to.
(Source: Nieuwenhuis, Peder (1887–1905), "Johan Linnemann", in: C.F. Bricka (ed.), Dansk Biografisk Lexikon. Copenhagen: Gyldendal)
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The original 1870 pattern looks like this:
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The folding shovel could be a Dutch model - the German type has a angled fold lock not squared (side pic needed here) Here's my Dutch example
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Thanks Reneblacky. What era do you think it is? WW2?
No markings on it that i can find
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I think they are but I'm not expert on these
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While I'm here here's shots of my later war non folding - this one has the rounded handle cut for better grip either for digging or hand to hand actions.
You've done very well from what you've scored there
Here's a thread that is interesting Question reg. Entrenching Tools...
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