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Below you can dive into my little universe filled with metal detecting, militaria and relics, world war two- and military history, miniature modelling and relic art.
Trench-Art Tobacco Tins
The tools used to make trench art depended on what the maker could get access to, and would range from a primitive home made engraving pen to a full metal workshop.
Inka
Apr 193 min read
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Gebirgsjäger Luggage Tags
Over the years I have collected a small pile of such tags which were attached to the soldiers backpack. All of them looks to be "field made"
Inka
Mar 21 min read
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Lapplandschild Part 2 & 3
And I was right. It was full of metal. But wait! Wasn`t there an imprint on it, looking a lot like the top of a Lappland Shield?
Inka
Sep 16, 20245 min read
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An Interesting Trench-Art Ring
I picked up a couple of signals on the way and found a shaving brush and two Dutch uniform buttons. Soviet POWs were sometimes issued
Inka
Jun 30, 20244 min read
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A Very Annoying Find
It was a beautifully made Finnish ring. Two parts, the band and the shield with the Finnish lion. Usually these were made from cutting the
Inka
Jun 17, 20244 min read
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Soil Searching
Another day with similar weather I took a stroll around one of the many Gebirgsjäger camps. This camp has been visited by many detectorists
Inka
Jul 1, 20233 min read
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Winter is on the Doorstep
In one end of it I dug till I found the top of what I think is a large steel stove. The metal looks perfectly preserved and it is standing
Inka
Oct 15, 20224 min read
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More Trench Art
The well started to dry out but I was still fighting one of the last relics loose from a rock holding it tight. A gasmask canister, and
Inka
Sep 14, 20223 min read
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A Surprise from the Red Army
When I decided it was enough for today I sifted through the spoils and found a small trench-art piece, a brass piece with the unit insignia
Inka
Jul 9, 20212 min read
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​The Trench-Art Football!
Last week I found an unusual "Trench-art" item, a Football! Found in a dumping pit in a Gebirgsjäger camp
Inka
May 31, 20211 min read
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Two Wooden Boxes
when I worked at the garbage dump I one morning rescued a POW art wooden box from the container, and they must have been made by the same
Inka
May 29, 20201 min read
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Find of a Lifetime
We spent some time checking signals which mostly were nails and the usual rubbish before we found a more interesting corner of the camp.
Inka
Jul 22, 20192 min read
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