I found this very interesting.
In the seventh picture (and others) is a CZ Pistole Model 27. An inexpensive but fine little pistol!
My dad flew B-17s and couldn’t get his hands on souvenirs like Lugers. He had to settle for some knives and a couple CZ27s. One had cracked bakelite grips. The other is stamped with a Luftwaffe emblem.
Maybe they can dig me up some replacement grips!
One of those lugers looks like it could be restored to firing condition. One of the red pistols looks like it was covered in cosmoline. Lucky find!!!
Pretty cool!
Too bad they weren’t stored properly or they’d be worth something today. I recognized a Couple CZ 27s, a few Walther P-38s, a few Lugers, a Browning Hi Power, several Browning 1922s, several Tokarevs, an Astra 300, a couple Nagant Revolvers, a Walther PP, a French Unique and one or two I wasn’t sure about.
Why in the world would the government pass a law against looking for old weapons?
Thanks for taking the time to post the individual pictures!
Illiteracy is taking over. The guns lay in the ground, not laid in the ground.
On picture #19, the first with other gear, did anyone notice the hole in the helmet dead center?
I think there was something else alongside (inside) that helmet originally. (semi sarc)
I’ve watched several metal detector guys dig up all kinds of stuff—all over Europe and Russia. Its amazing what’s buried. Guns, tons of live ammo, mines, medals, etc. Even soldiers.
There are places I’d like to vacation just to do metal detecting! This is cool.
Hmmmn. Several Lugers obviously.
Several Russia makes.
Looks like several 1911 (Lend - Lease almost certainly.)
But the “Red Star” 1911: Cloned? (The Russians, after all, did copy three B-29 bombers that landed in their territory to create their first bomber fleet for post-war fighting. That fuselage “grew up” into the Tupelov long-range bomber with turbo-prop engines.)
Sobering to see the helmets with bullet holes.
The ones in cosmoline and wrapped in paper seem to have
survived in a usable condition, not bad.