Stuff I dug up when building our house

[beachcomber]

I live in Belgium (Europe) right on the former front line of the first world war.
Between 1914 and 1918, 11 million men died on that front line, of those, about 3,5 million have never been found. Vaporized by successive explosions, buried in trenches and covered by the next blast...
Which means remains are found almost weekly.

When building our house we found the remains of some French infantrymen. We also found several types of firearms. I don't know that much about them, so I'd like to ask fellow gun enthusiasts if you could help me identify them.

I'd like to post pics of the finds, are there any rules? I also have pictures showing the remains of the infantrymen. Are they allowed?

Thanks in advance!

 

[grasshopperglock]

Lol, at least wash the bones off with a water hose. Maybe stick a cigar in the skulls jaw.

Can't be worse then watching American Horror Story.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

Check out the forms rules I think it is 25 posts if so go to the post whore thread.
And jabber til you get 25

 

[grasshopperglock]

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[kyletxria1911a1]

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How

 

[jordanmills]

I say show it all, long as it's with respect.

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

I say show it all, long as it's with respect.

this amen

 

[Moonpie]

By all means post these pictures.

 

[Sugar Land]

I would say make them tasteful and respectful.

 

[kusai]

tag for later on

 

[jrbfishn]

I'm in. Others on here know more of that stuff than me, but interesting.


Sent by a idjit coffeeholic

 

[Brains]

Oh yeah, totally subscribing to this thread. Can't wait to see some pics, WWI/WWII history is some of the most interesting to me.

 

[Anger]

I wonder what noise a french ghost makes?

 

[DubiousDan]

I wonder what noise a french ghost makes?

What's French for I surrender?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

What's French for I surrender?

je me rends

 

[Moonpie]

Please do post the pictures.
Honor and respect to those brave Poilu who fell so long ago.

 

[Orbie]

sub

 

[orbitup]

I think it's safe to say that more than a few of us would love to see what you've found.

 

[Vaquero]

Spoke to vmax on the phone today.
This thread pretty much dominated our conversation.
Really looking forward to pics and discussion here.

 

[Mikeinhistory]

You also might try gunboards.com They are collectors and they have a subforum for WWI and WWII. Also try milsurps.com Many on that forum live in Europe as well.


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