Amazing 1919 war surplas sales mag you can even buy a german skull from Hill 60 ! MACHINE GUNS YOU NAME IT VERY INTERESTING

[arantxa]

I've had this a while ive always found it fascinating   dare I say its American..how would you guess

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 14 April , 2019 by arantxa
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[Gunner Bailey]

Stunning stuff

 

About 10 years ago someone put an Auction catalogue on the forum for a military sale in 1919. Everything from military sheds to Whippet Tanks to Grenades, Field Guns, and tons of brass cases. Life was rather different then.

 

 

[arantxa]

yes its amazing ..no wonder theres lots of things in the USA !!

ON ONE OF THE PAGES YOU CN BUY GERMAN SOLDIERS KNUCKLES IINDIVUDUALLY OR BY THE DOZEN

[arantxa]

a leg bone from Verdun $4.00   the knuckles are 50 cents

[Jools mckenna]

Amazing to see the extent that people will try to profit off war.

[RaySearching]

 

 

Now I didn't know  they came as pairs 

Catalog number 922  from Arantxa post

 

 

several threads on the forum about this practice including this one here

 

 

Ray

[arantxa]

yes...pairs gosh   I will re take a photo of the blurred pages and the pages I missed out

[arantxa]

  re  done missing and un-sharpe images

[593jones]

I wonder if those machine guns for sale were in working order?  It doesn't actually say if they are on not.  Amazing stuff in there.

[alf mcm]

The Victoria Cross seems a bargain at 50 dollars. I wonder how many they had for sale?

 

Alf McM

[Skipman]

Thanks for posting. Amazing.

 

Mike

[Dragoon]

May I ask the publication date of this magazine please?

Interesting item indeed!

 

Chris 

[NorthStaffsPOW]

Amazing thanks for posting. No. 922 "German Machine Gunner's Leg Irons" for chaining machine gunners to their guns rather than retreat, surely a fantasy piece?

[Jools mckenna]

3 hours ago, NorthStaffsPOW said:

Amazing thanks for posting. No. 922 "German Machine Gunner's Leg Irons" for chaining machine gunners to their guns rather than retreat, surely a fantasy piece?

Im not 100% but I believe German machine gunners had a harness so they could carry the machine gun more easily. But when the machine gunners were killed it would appear that the German was chained to the gun. I'm happy to be corrected.

Edited 17 April , 2019 by Jools mckenna

[BullerTurner]

I am delighted to see that American collectors could get access to Royal Artillert cap-badges!

[Marilyne]

leave it the Americans to sell SKULLS !!!! Can it get more morbid than that ????

 

M.

[Skipman]

Not sure if this is conectedd to the original poster but interesting enough Click

 

Mike

[Dragoon]

13 hours ago, Dragoon said:

May I ask the publication date of this magazine please?

Interesting item indeed!

 

Chris 

The reason for me asking is it can't be 1919, the reason being is that in the British Army cap badges there is a Royal Tank Corps badge, the Fear Naught scroll Tanks badge didn't come out til 1924.

 

Just an observation

Chris 

[ServiceRumDiluted]

In the book 'Letters from Verdun' American ambulance driver Avery Wolf details the bundle of souvenirs sent home in a letter dated 1.3.18

 

"Nose of a German 77 shell, unloaded and safe, but don't handle it too much.

Sign of the 'Crown Prince Tunnel', one of three from under Mort Homme,

Two small French 37mm shells, also safe for handling.

Key to the opera house door at Verdun.

Stained glass from Verdun Cathederal.

Three French and one German Sabres.

Two watercolours by a French friend of mine.

Two French shells (75mm) which have been engraved.

Two paper knives I made out of regular bullets.

One German helmet and a skull I picked up on a trip up to Mort Homme."

 

Quite matter of fact, but I suppose if you were in the habit of walking around the Verdun battlefield in 1918 then skulls must be two a penny.

[depaor01]

There was no squeamishness about skulls at that time. Even Allied ones. In case anyone is unaware of this recent news item...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2017/sep/25/the-anzac-skull-that-tells-a-shocking-and-tragic-story-of-battlefield-violence

[arantxa]

Hello

I agree about the Tank Corp badge..it just says established 1918 I bought in on ebay about 15 years ago from USA  its intere4sting that you can pay for items in unused stamps..i think its aimed at shops who can put on a display to entice customers ...an iron cross 2nd class  which today is relatively cheap is quite expensive compared to other items that are for sale ..any way now we know why every thing is in the USA

 

 

[derekb]

I thought I had posted this earlier, some years ago a french acquaintance gave me a thumb? bone from the Somme area, I gave it the most reverend burial I could.