Complete bust until i cleaned all that trash

[Westfront]

We have a new farm on the list and gave it a try. Not that we expected much there, just nice to have more land on hand. Still some roman supposed there. We criss crossed the field closest to the farm and got nothing than WWII junk. After an hour we changed to the other side of an old track closer to the village and stumbled almost immidiately over roman roof tile and pottery shards. The village was in the front line in 1944 and there was so much shrapnel in the soil, detecting was almost impossible. We tried for two hours there and got nothing roman other than some lead and nail what told us were on a site. Pouch was heavy filled with driving band frags, cal. .50 bullets and fuze parts. Just a mid to late 17th.C. buckle found. I had to leave early due to family stuff and when i washed all that trash from today before i threw it in the brass bin two items draw attention. One turned out to be an Iron Cross miature from WWI and the other is half of the lower half of a WWI ID tag. Due to the design with the small characters it is a tag after 1917 belonging to a Mr. (?) Herrmanns from Duesseldorf living in (?street) 95. He served in (?) Infantry Reg. 41. Interesting how his dog tag got there and if the Iron Cross miniature belongs to him as well. So the field gave some stuff to talk about though.

Trash

Roman nails and lead

Finds including a medal 'Grossglockner 3798'(mountain in the Alpes 3798m high)

Iron Cross Miniature

Dog tag front and back

 

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[Lanny in AB]

Great finds!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the large assortment of finds! GL & HH

 

[Phishfindr]

Talk about pieces of history. Really nice finds!

 

[Scrappy]

I wish my “junk” pile produced like yours Lu. Way to go with the tag and buckle. I enjoy all your posts, even the Bust ones. Lol.

Steve

 

[sataro]

Congrats on some very interesting finds!

 

[dirtlooter]

awesome post! I also have found an ID tag (GI Dog Tag) in my trash pile. we have found 3 of these from 3 different men from WWII. We were able to return them all to their respected families, the last one was mailed Friday. yours are older and way cool. congrats on the awesome finds

 

[CRUSADER]

It wasn't a blank & it never hurts to have more options....

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice relics.

 

[Roundness]

Awesome... Congrats

 

[uglymailman]

You get all that junk removed and you might get lucky at that site Lu. I've never seen a mini Iron Cross. Is that like a lapel pin type thing? Good luck.

 

[A2coins]

gotta work for it good job

 

[thrifty76now]

Those are nice finds.

 

[Westfront]

I wish my “junk” pile produced like yours Lu. Way to go with the tag and buckle. I enjoy all your posts, even the Bust ones. Lol.

Steve

Thanks Steve!

 

[Westfront]

It wasn't a blank & it never hurts to have more options....

Exact. I bet there is more in that farm and we didn't came home empty handed. That's all what counts.

 

[Westfront]

You get all that junk removed and you might get lucky at that site Lu. I've never seen a mini Iron Cross. Is that like a lapel pin type thing? Good luck.

There's not enough time to clean a battlesite, we just move to the next field and keep this for a day when all other options fail.
I'm still researching the miniature. I found one sold on ebay with the matching size and clasp, but no information came with the ad. Sold for $40. The ones for the ribbon clasp (?) worn on the chest are smaller.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Great Finds as usual Westfront

 

[Westfront]

Thanks all for the replies! We're in the last days of the winter season and i hope for a good day this week.

 

[Bum Luck]

Somewhere in my German internet travels, I ran across a scanned book of Iron Cross winners. Can't find the link though.

 

[Westfront]

Somewhere in my German internet travels, I ran across a scanned book of Iron Cross winners. Can't find the link though.

Iron crosses are somewhat mass awarded. It should be a long list. When it comes to the Knights Cross we're talking. That's something you may be able to track down.