Archeological find from WW1!

[Bagge]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/9074336/German-soldiers-preserved-in-World-War-I-shelter-discovered-after-nearly-100-years.html#

Some MIA's are found, German or allied doesn't matter, they still earn our respect for what they gone trough.
//Mats

 

[SA Dave]

Amen to that!

 

[nerdling]

Wow this happened back in February and I am just now reading about it. An amazing find for sure. Found some photos of the site here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html

 

[jknaus]

WOW thanks for passing that on. Fantastic stuff. I know when I was serving in Germany with the Air Force, bombs and stuff where found all the time. I was even on the burial party for a Canadian Tiffie pilot found entombed in his wreck in a peat bog down by Caen. Thanks for the links.
James

 

[Tony lee]

That thing pictured above what looks like 3 cartridge holders with the cutout on the left end is a boot jack,bottom side up. You put the heel of your boot in the cutout,placed your other foot on the other end and pulled your boot off.

I've got one that my grandfather used back in the day.

Tony lee

 

[nerdling]

That thing pictured above what looks like 3 cartridge holders with the cutout on the left end is a boot jack,bottom side up. You put the heel of your boot in the cutout,placed your other foot on the other end and pulled your boot off.

I've got one that my grandfather used back in the day.

Tony lee

Wow good eye Tony. I was to busy looking at the K98 ammo pouch and didn't even notice that lol.

 

[moon puppy]

That thing pictured above what looks like 3 cartridge holders with the cutout on the left end is a boot jack,bottom side up. You put the heel of your boot in the cutout,placed your other foot on the other end and pulled your boot off.

I've got one that my grandfather used back in the day.

Tony lee

Bingo, that's the first thing I thought when I saw it.

Must have been a hell of a shot to collapse that much trench work.

 

[SA Dave]

Must have been one huge hellava Shell for that time also I think.

 

[Kreighshoer]

WOW! what an awesome find!

thanks for sharing mats and nerdling!

i have to admit that ww1 amazes me more than ww2 and findings like that electrify me ... the location's about a three - four hours ride away from me - i'm taking into consideration to visit that place sooner or later ...

if someone wants to see how quickly trenches could be buried with mud i strongly recommend to watch the movie "a very long engagement", a phantastic french movie by director jean-pierre jeunet!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Very_Long_Engagement

 

[Bagge]

I can recommend this movie, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1418646/
A true story about the tunneldiggers in flandern, the big craters are still there today filled with water and looks like peaceful ponds.
I think they blow up 27! big underground mines with some seconds between them, you can imagine the feeling seeing the explosions coming closer and there is noway to run!, they say the biggest piece they found of a soldier was a foot in a boot...
http://www.google.com/search?q=hill+60&hl=sv&client=firefox-a&hs=rrW&rls=org.mozilla:sv-SEfficial&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=O2HcT_vlD8mi0QX9v5GQBg&ved=0CGUQsAQ&biw=1787&bih=995
//Mats

 

[Bagge]

And they have found peace.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2376475/German-soldiers-perfectly-preserved-trench-buried-alive-Allied-shell.html

//Mats

 

[MrT]

Very interesting!!

Terry

 

[Phil]

Incredible find, it does make one wonder what else will be found in that huge battleground.

Great links guys

 

[Tankbuilder]

Buried with full military honours. Good. Too bad their kin weren't able to attend.

Cheers

 

[sharkman]

Just saw this, fantastic article.

Thanks for posting!

 

[piase]

Hello to all, with an association to which I belong we have restored a machine gun along the river Piave, which was the scene of terrible battles in WW1. L 'we inaugurated on July 8. This is the video of the event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXl1jMiru0Y

During the excavations we found numerous "shrapnel", 2 hand grenades, many shells and a mess.