This is a British Lee Enfield rifle wood remains which is the barrel section with metal end cover which has broken at one end. The wood still has its lovely brown colour it is in excellent condition solid, well-preserved, and carefully cleaned making it ideal for display or as part of a collection. The piece measures approximately 23 inches long. The rifle wood was found in a barn on a Farm in the village of Miraumont on the Somme battlefield the front line of late 1916 to early 1917. The rifle part comes with A5 laminated information card.
Miraumont was the German Front line from around September 1916 until it was occupied by British Troops at the end of February 1917 and lost on the 25th March 1918 and then retaken the following 24th August 1918. There was also a large German battery at Miraumont during the fighting. A very nice and rare soldiers item recovered from the famous Somme battlefield of 1916-1918.
This is a British Lee Enfield rifle wood remains which is the barrel section with metal end cover which has broken at one end. The wood still has its lovely brown colour it is in excellent condition solid, well-preserved, and carefully cleaned making it ideal for display or as part of a collection. The piece measures approximately 23 inches long. The rifle wood was found in a barn on a Farm in the village of Miraumont on the Somme battlefield the front line of late 1916 to early 1917. The rifle part comes with A5 laminated information card.
Miraumont was the German Front line from around September 1916 until it was occupied by British Troops at the end of February 1917 and lost on the 25th March 1918 and then retaken the following 24th August 1918. There was also a large German battery at Miraumont during the fighting. A very nice and rare soldiers item recovered from the famous Somme battlefield of 1916-1918.
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