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On this page you`ll find pick ups I made from the battlefields and ww2 sites. Please note that none of the objects is found alongside soldiers or remains,all such finds is returned to Grave Commissions together with the remains.

From the Northern Front

12/31/2020

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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes eismeer front medal ww2 treasure hunting lapplandfrontkreuz nordfrontkreuz
Searching a couple of Gebirgsjäger camps the last two seasons has yielded a lot of finds, but three or four of the finds stand out and I thought I should collect them in one post. By the end of the war these camps were used by German troops retreating from the Finland- and Eismeer front and many of the soldiers capitulated in the camps in spring 1945. Here some of them emptied their backpacks and pockets and threw the contents into pits and ditches for me to find it nearly 80 years later. In the autumn 2019 I dug one such pit and found a beautiful Finnish/German badge, the Nordfrontkreuz, awarded to soldiers fighting on that frontsection. It is a quite rare award and the one I had in front of me was in very good condition. 
One year and one day later I was in another Gebirgsjäger camp and searched through a place a lot of stuff had been discarded and set fire to. Between the rubbish I found a Lapplandfrontkreuz. This is very similar to the Nordfront version, but this one was in slightly worse condition. These awards came in 12 different variations so with this speed and a lot of luck  I might have the full set in about ten years. 
Searching through another dumping pit I found a Eismeerfront medal, sadly not in great condition and in a pit nearby I dug out a trench-art cigarett case engraved with "1944" and "Zur erinnerung an die Eismeer front", a very nice and personal find. 
Below is photos of the different finds and videos from finding the Nord- and Lapplandfront crosses.
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hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes eismeer front medal ww2 treasure hunting lapplandfrontkreuz nordfrontkreuz
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes eismeer front medal ww2 treasure hunting lapplandfrontkreuz nordfrontkreuz
Nordfrontkreuz and Lapplandfrontkreuz.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes eismeer front medal ww2 treasure hunting lapplandfrontkreuz nordfrontkreuz
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes eismeer front medal ww2 treasure hunting lapplandfrontkreuz nordfrontkreuz
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes eismeer front medal ww2 treasure hunting lapplandfrontkreuz
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes eismeer front medal ww2 treasure hunting
The Eismeerfront medal.
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Trench-art cigarett case from the Eismeer front.
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
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German Winter Parka & A Sheepskin Vest

12/30/2020

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Here are two items I found in a shed this autumn, a winter parka and a sheepskin vest.
The parka is reversible, white on one side and mouse grey on the other side. It is in quite good condition, it has wear from use and I was lucky to find it when I did because some mice had begun nibbling on a very small patch of it. All buttons and drawstrings are present. I will make a nice torso set-up with this one.
The vest has pushbuttons sewn around its edges so it had doubled as a liner for a jacket or coat. This type of vest was often used by drivers and officers. I found this on top of a cabinet and it is in very good condition but showing a little wear and use.
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hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
hobbyhistorica sheepskin vest german winter parka tarnungs jacke relic hunting history hunter battlefield searching metal detecting fisher f5 garrett pin pointer northern norway WH camp wehrmacht  yngve sjodin yngve sjødin inka holmes ww2 treasure hunting
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