Category Archives: Weaponry & Relics

Any Old Iron – Cutting the Wire

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Magicfingers

Barbed wire – the bane of the infantryman, no matter his nationality.

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Things That Lurk In The Shadows No. 1

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Magicfingers

Or, to give it its full title, ‘Things that lurk in the shadows of the display cabinet that haven’t seen the light of day for a while’.  And no, this is not exactly a mystery item, as you can probably … Continue reading →

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Mystery Item No. 1

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Magicfingers

What, pray tell, might these be? 

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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Fourteen – The Lakos Hand Grenade Part Two

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Magicfingers

At the start of last year I showed you three examples of what are known as Lakos hand grenades, and here are three more examples of Captain Róbert Lakos’ inventions.

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Austro-Hungarian Mess Tin Lid Relics

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Magicfingers

Two Austro-Hungarian Great War mess tin lids, found in Italy, six quid the pair including postage, a few years back. 

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Rifles, Cycles & Sisters

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Magicfingers

A bunch of Great War rifles from four of the warring nations.  As usual, click to enlarge.

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Austro-Hungarian Hand Grenades of the Great War Part Thirteen – The Universal Grenade

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Magicfingers

We’ve seen some pretty basic hand grenades (in particular the Lakos grenades) in the past few months, so let’s take a look at something more complex, whilst bearing in mind that the more complicated the device, the more to go … Continue reading →

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