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Italian Grenades of the Great War Part One – The Lenticolare M.14 Hand Grenade, Aasens & Other Tales
Which also happens to be the answer to Mystery Item No. 2.
Posted in Italian Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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And Finally……Weird Scenes from the Carpathians
The Austro-Hungarians could be quite weird too.
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My, What Big Hands You Have……
Continuing the theme, here’s some more weirdness from the other side. The literal translation is ‘substitute women in the field’. Form an orderly queue, boys.
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It’s All Very Odd……
I do hope you enjoyed the opportunity for a glimpse at the chaos behind the scenes here at theBigNote. I refer to the post from earlier today that quite obviously was not intended to be published and, curiously, wasn’t actually … Continue reading
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Mystery Item No. 2
Hot on the heels of Mystery Item #1, what might this battered relic be, do you think?
Posted in Miscellaneous, Weaponry & Relics
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German Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Four – The Eierhandgranate Model 1917
A few years ago I published a post about the German egg grenade, or the Eierhandgranate Model 1917, as it was officially known.
Posted in German Grenades, Weaponry & Relics
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British Military Headstones – Personal Inscriptions No. 5
Time to continue our occasional series of posts featuring some of the personal inscriptions found on British headstones in cemeteries on the Western Front.
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