Some stuff I found some time ago near Groesbeek and the Reichswald area.

US messtins.... look at the condition!!!



82nd AB US parachute piece.



UK brenn gun magazines.



Will be updated when I find some old photo's.... and if I ever visit the area again (not so often).


Best regards,

Nick

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Eine Lichtung im Walde wo die Sonne scheint.
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Giving you a impression of the Reichswald forest east from Nijmegen.

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Some more treasures Nick ! Keep them coming. The tins are almost perfect!

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Thanks for the photos of the woods - it gives me an image of what my father faced.

Michelle

A full Brittish .303 bandolier.

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Eingeschlossen durch Bäume sind wir gefangen,
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Nice finds

I still want to go there too, specialy would like to find some Horsa-Waco stuff.

Incredible, you never sleep , do you?

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Who me?, working different hours so plenty of time

You too Philip, I was actually thinking of Nick , but you seem to have a treasure room as well.

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Its an addiction. Really.

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Eingeschlossen durch Bäume sind wir gefangen,
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It is indeed

Part of an German badge.
I'm a little bit a shamed by myself, found this on a trip last year but I didn't reconized it. When last week I was cleaning some old findings I got this in my hands... I thought... damn! This looks formiliar!

Its not complete, but still happy with it.

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Eingeschlossen durch Bäume sind wir gefangen,
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it's a part of a pin . You can clearly recogize the German oak symbols. It's however hard to identify which branch it belonged to. Most likely Flak or Heer. I remeber seeing these with crossed guns

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Small update, this is an filter of a German Volksturm gasmask.
.....With a bullet hole in it.
Found near Moyland, Reichswald.

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Eine Lichtung im Walde wo die Sonne scheint.
Eingeschlossen durch Bäume sind wir gefangen,
in dieser Lichtung Gottes...

Again, great stuff!

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This is a pair of Dutch resistance crystal radios, built into a small metal can, and a matchbox. The image is from a postcard bought at a Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam. The matchbox is marked in Swedish, but Swedish matches were sold in Holland for many years..
Scott