Frenchy Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Some items found this past weekend on A/274 positions on hill N of Philippsbourg. Great shape after 56 years. First item appears to be head of German grenade but am unsure. If you know, let me know. Topic also posted in General Discussions. Link: http://www.trailblazersww2.org/callahan_pics.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Frenchy, After looking at my references, I'm inclined to think that the first item is not the head from a Stielhandgranate. The proportions seem off; it's too long relative to diameter. The other ordnance consists of a U.S. M-9A1 AT rifle grenade, a 60mm mortar round, and a pair of Mark II A1 frag grenades. Fascinating pictures! Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtaskagain Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by John Kettler: Frenchy, After looking at my references, I'm inclined to think that the first item is not the head from a Stielhandgranate. The proportions seem off; it's too long relative to diameter. The other ordnance consists of a U.S. M-9A1 AT rifle grenade, a 60mm mortar round, and a pair of Mark II A1 frag grenades. Fascinating pictures! Regards, John Kettler<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That grenade head looks alot like the muffler from my lawn mower . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborat Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Who gets the dubious honour of handling and disarming those rusty things?? Mighty brave people, in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzKpfw 1 Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Roborat: Who gets the dubious honour of handling and disarming those rusty things?? Mighty brave people, in my opinion.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Charles & Steve of course ...... Regards, John Waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Do you guys still have all your fingers? Strange hobby, this one. Lots of souvenirs like that in Angola. Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted June 12, 2001 Author Share Posted June 12, 2001 Thanks for the replies guys, but we were all off! The unidentifed part is the remnant of a US Army issue gas mask! It was identifed by LTC Callahan, USA, Europe and Hugh Foster. See 1st msg for URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barticus Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Man, no wonder the most dangerous profession in France is that of the Farmer! Bart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bil Hardenberger Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Hehe.. this thread brings back some memories... as a kid in the 70's my Dad was stationed at Kreuzberg Kaserne (near Zweibruecken); every once in a while our school would get evacuated when a farmer unearthed an unexploded bomb... the older kids used to go spelunking in the old bunkers (Siegfried Line), and more often than not they would come back up with something that would have to be wrestled from them and disposed of. ahhh... the memories. Bil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted June 12, 2001 Author Share Posted June 12, 2001 Bill: Memories indeed! My dad was stationed on Okinawa for 5 years (1965-70) and I combed the island finding many items. I then went to the museum and sold the items! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnergoz Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Yep, memories aplenty! I recall with fondness and horror the rusty fallschirmjaeger helmet I got from an Italian farmer in Verona in the '60's. The horror part is that I sold it for pennies years later when I had a lapse in sanity...sob, choke I'll say this, you guys got a lottta guts and damn few brains handling old live ordnance like that! God Bless you and count your fingers often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Bates Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by gunnergoz: Yep, memories aplenty! I recall with fondness and horror the rusty fallschirmjaeger helmet I got from an Italian farmer in Verona in the '60's. The horror part is that I sold it for pennies years later when I had a lapse in sanity...sob, choke I'll say this, you guys got a lottta guts and damn few brains handling old live ordnance like that! God Bless you and count your fingers often!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> In the Forties and Fifties following WW2, children on the Channel Islands went to school wearing German jackboots and carrying daggers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Wow. Reminds me of stories I used to hear when I was much younger about french farmers turning up unexploded WW I ordnance in the fields around the Somme. Brrrrrr. Gives me the chills just to think about that - let alone little Jacques bringing home a pineapple grenade and tossing it on the table (gee, look what I found today, mom!) [ 06-12-2001: Message edited by: MrSpkr ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offtaskagain Posted June 12, 2001 Share Posted June 12, 2001 Someone else started one of these threads in the General Forum WW2 Relics Page [ 06-12-2001: Message edited by: panzerwerfer42 ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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