This is a group of 6 parts which are British soldiers 1908 pattern webbing clips and jacket buttons which have there markings clear so see.
The brass made parts have mostly turned green from being buried but remain in good, solid condition. They have been carefully cleaned while preserving its original character and wartime patina and they are nice and solid not braking up or falling apart. The parts were recovered in 2012 from an old British trench opposite the village of Mametz. This was part of the German defensive line on 1st July 1916 during the First attack by the British on the first day of the battle of the Somme.
The relics are presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with information, map and many pictures, making it an excellent display piece for any World War 1 collection. The frame measures approximately 10 half inches by 10 half inches.
In June 1916, the British preliminary bombardment cut much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division. On the 1st July 1916 when the British 7th Division advanced behind a creeping barrage, much of the German front line was quickly overrun and many prisoners taken; delays further forward caused the infantry to lag behind the barrage and suffer far more casualties. Mametz was occupied during the morning by the British 20th Brigade but a German counterattack forced most of the British troops out, until a second attack during the afternoon, when the advance of the British 18th Division on the right flank, had cut the Germans in the village off from Montauban to the east. The German defence collapsed, and the 7th Division reached all its objectives on the right and in the centre and began to consolidate, ready to receive a German counterattack.
This is a group of 6 parts which are British soldiers 1908 pattern webbing clips and jacket buttons which have there markings clear so see.
The brass made parts have mostly turned green from being buried but remain in good, solid condition. They have been carefully cleaned while preserving its original character and wartime patina and they are nice and solid not braking up or falling apart. The parts were recovered in 2012 from an old British trench opposite the village of Mametz. This was part of the German defensive line on 1st July 1916 during the First attack by the British on the first day of the battle of the Somme.
The relics are presented in a glass-fronted box frame, complete with information, map and many pictures, making it an excellent display piece for any World War 1 collection. The frame measures approximately 10 half inches by 10 half inches.
In June 1916, the British preliminary bombardment cut much of the barbed wire protecting the Mametz defences and destroyed many of the trenches in the first position occupied by Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 of the 28th Reserve Division. On the 1st July 1916 when the British 7th Division advanced behind a creeping barrage, much of the German front line was quickly overrun and many prisoners taken; delays further forward caused the infantry to lag behind the barrage and suffer far more casualties. Mametz was occupied during the morning by the British 20th Brigade but a German counterattack forced most of the British troops out, until a second attack during the afternoon, when the advance of the British 18th Division on the right flank, had cut the Germans in the village off from Montauban to the east. The German defence collapsed, and the 7th Division reached all its objectives on the right and in the centre and began to consolidate, ready to receive a German counterattack.
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