This is a unusual find from the battlefield a blown apart German barbed wire picket properly damaged by the mine explosion on the 1st July 1916. The picket is bent in to a bundle which is 16 inches long by 11 inches wide it is rusty and in relic but solid condition and has been very well cleaned perfect for display or a unusual bit for any collection. was recovered in 2014 from the field opposite Lochnagar mine crater. This field was a German frontline trench on the morning of the 1st July 1916 which was the British attack on Somme battlefield. The picket comes with A5 laminated information card.
The British named the mine after Lochnagar Street, the British trench from which the gallery was driven. The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 98 ft (30 m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, which was captured and held by British troops. The attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire, except on the extreme right flank and just south of La Boisselle, north of the Lochnagar Crater.
This is a unusual find from the battlefield a blown apart German barbed wire picket properly damaged by the mine explosion on the 1st July 1916. The picket is bent in to a bundle which is 16 inches long by 11 inches wide it is rusty and in relic but solid condition and has been very well cleaned perfect for display or a unusual bit for any collection. was recovered in 2014 from the field opposite Lochnagar mine crater. This field was a German frontline trench on the morning of the 1st July 1916 which was the British attack on Somme battlefield. The picket comes with A5 laminated information card.
The British named the mine after Lochnagar Street, the British trench from which the gallery was driven. The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 98 ft (30 m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, which was captured and held by British troops. The attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire, except on the extreme right flank and just south of La Boisselle, north of the Lochnagar Crater.
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