Abwehrschlacht im Huertgenwald.

Small dumphole found near Schevenhütte, last October 2007.
German beer bottles, medical bottles, stielhandgranate, US bread knife, spoons, German fieldphone parts, German toothbrush and Blendax toothpaste, US gloves and shoes, some US en German buckles and showed before in this tread German messtin, gasmask and filter. These 3 items I found on the same spot just a few hundred meters away from this dumphole.

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German and American cartridges.


Toothpaste and brush.


US knife.

 

Here some bottles cleaned. I like the Nordmark bottles en the Büsbach one.

 

Some very nice finds. I like the bottle collection a lot, the German tootpaste is great too. You could probably open a museum soon! Do you know what was in the bottles, schnapps, Eier likor?

 

Don't know for sure.
The larger ones contain beer I quess.

 

Beer would make sense. Beer was cheap. Spirits, wine and Champagne etc. was more for officers. Eggs Liquor was popular among the Luftwaffe. They somethimes had one (when available) for an Abschuss. The white bottle with the yellow circle makes me think of a milk botlle. The smaller brown one could in fact be cough syrop. I suppose quite a few soldiers must have caught a cold in this cold forest.

 

The bottle with the yellow circle is about 4 cm high. Not for milk I presume.

 

ok I was misled by yhr size. If it's so small then it's likely medicine too. Some of the caps have little devices that allowed to count the drops so you could dose the medicine.

 

I'm BACK. Nice finds, 272 We should go together to Hürtgenwald.

 

Next weekend I am in for 2 days, sleeping in a tent between the siegfried linie at night and searching in the woods by day. Looking forward to it.

 

Lucky you! I wish I could go there too.

 

I'll keep you guys posted.
Just bought a new camera (olympus e400) so pictures will appear soon.

 

Some small findings near Vossenack.




Hopefully next weekend some other nice stuff!

 

so when does the museum open ? with the amount you have already collected through your fine fotos and what you are bringing up on every outing you must have a warehouse full or close to it... ?

good stuff !

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Well Erich, thank you for the credit... I have some nice items but NOTHING compared to the collections of some friens of mine... some of them searched in the woods allready back in the mid 1990's. If you see that collection.... its impossible to believe, can't explain.

To give you an idea:
This is just a part of his collection.
Bodem-Vondsten :: Onderwerp bekijken - bodemvondsten Wim h

 

You mean the spoon of the Mk2?
Found them sometimes..... but with the grenade still with it.
Mostly in poor condition.

 

Thats correct, I filter the small iron stuff out.

 

Some othe rnice finds Nick! I had to catch up with this thread, but I am amazed every time I see your new finds!

 

Thank you Remco.