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Folding spade NVA with "Sawteeth" "Made in GDR"
Hi mates,
I would like to show you a Klappspaten / (folding spade), from the Nationale Volksarmee der ehemaligen Deutschen demokratischen Republik, (NVA of the former GDR), that I bought on April 9, 2017 at a flea market from a dealer "from the former East" of Germany, (former GDR).
The spade blade has a "saw" on one side and is stamped MADE IN GDR.
The spade blade is also provided with an opening for pulling out nails.
The MADE IN GDR, embossed into the spade sheet, (I didn't even take the spade out of the cover at the flea market, and I would definitely have left the "Handbagger" / "one-hand excavator" there too if I had discovered the MADE IN GDR ... ), immediately made me suspicious when I got home!
It looks like the spade is "good" after all and I obviously didn’t reach into the toilet!
Back then I bought the folding spade for Euro´s 16,-- (the dealer initially wanted Euro´s 25,-- for it...), but you can't often find these NVA folding spades here in Austria at flea markets.
Last edited by Reibert; 03-24-2024 at 05:09 PM.
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03-24-2024 03:05 PM
# ADS
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Hello,
The "Made in GDR" results from the fact that these spades were also sold and exported on the civilian market as camping equipment. They were mostly painted green.
Regards
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Thx, mate!
Nevertheless, it is now known that spades showin´ this particular stamp were also used in the NVA.
Ro
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There:
"Early" NVA spade
a previous model of an NVA entrenching tool.
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the shovel with the sawtooth is the latest UTV model 1985/1990
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UTV klappspaten carrier.
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