Anyone Fancy A Genuine German WW1 Rifle? (1 Viewer)

[arnhem44mad]

There are shops in Ypres (right beside a very large dome) which sell British and German Military pieces from WW1, and there is one that sells working rifles, and kit that people have obviously found in the trenches, cleaned up and put up for sale

Anyways, there was a rifle for 230 Euros
There are also other weapons, knifes, bullets, bits of clothing, shells, and such

Just incase anyone is interested in WW1 memorabilia, and plans to go to Ypres in the future?

 

[Rob]

There are shops in Ypres (right beside a very large dome) which sell British and German Military pieces from WW1, and there is one that sells working rifles, and kit that people have obviously found in the trenches, cleaned up and put up for sale

Anyways, there was a rifle for 230 Euros
There are also other weapons, knifes, bullets, bits of clothing, shells, and such

Just incase anyone is interested in WW1 memorabilia, and plans to go to Ypres in the future?

If you know where to look Scott you can find all that stuff and more in the fields around Ypres

Rob

 

[UKReb]

If you know where to look Scott you can find all that stuff and more in the fields around Ypres

Rob

Scott

Rob is correct-the French farmers call it "La recolte de l'acier"- The Harvest of Steel. I believe the Belgians have a similar descriptive in Flemish.

Reb

 

[theBaron]

I'd be leery of buying firearms from them, unless the provenance is well-documented. Wasn't the Mauser 98K produced from 1898 up through the end of WWII? And if I'm not mistaken, it's still produced today, either by the Serbs, or by the Chinese. I'd be as cautious and try to gather as much info as possible, as if I were buying an unlabed box of hollowcast soldiers sold as rare Britains.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Rob]

Scott

Rob is correct-the French farmers call it "La recolte de l'acier"- The Harvest of Steel. I believe the Belgians have a similar descriptive in Flemish.

Reb

I understand it still comes in around 60 Tons a year with plenty of people still killed and wounded every year.You have to be very careful though Scott,i believe they have tightened up the regulations about battlefield Debris since i first went there back in the eighties.I understand the French are cracking down hard on this and not only are metal detectors banned now,but they can confiscate your car if your caught taking things from the battlefields,very inconvinient if you are out in the middle of Picardy!.

For years i've wanted to sneak into the privately owned High wood and have a look round,its meant to be pretty dangerous in there though and my wife won't let me!

Rob

 

[jazzeum]

Are they prohibiting that for safety reasons or because they want to cash in on the profits or both? I know that in North Africa, people are routinely injured or killed because of the remaining munitions and that you are advised to get a guide to go through the El Alamein battlefield.