Bockscar
Well-Known Member
I came across this little lot of 7.92 m/m x 57 rounds complete on a non disintegrating belt at the weekend at my local flea market....It has restored my faith again as it has been quite some time since I have purchased anything as the collecting has taken something of a holiday lately!
The rounds as purchased were in a filthy condition, and it will be neccessary to give them a light clean in order to display them (As well as read the headstamps!) I took the opportunity today to clean up six of them to show the difference from when I got them.
All of the rounds are different in some respect - for example there are German rounds and Polish as well as Yugoslavian and these all come in different case and projectile materials. I dont appear to have any "doublers" at this stage as far as the headstamps are concerned - which is a bonus as far as I am concerned! (Just love headstamps!). I have even found one 1915 dated Polte manufactured round as well! It looks as if whoever had these before me used the belt as a means of displaying the different rounds.
So this bunch shall keep me busy for a while doing a bit of cataloging and cleaning. The Starter tab on the belt is stamped "dfb 2 42" and the belt itself is stamped "6 40", the makers code being un-identifiable.
The rounds as purchased were in a filthy condition, and it will be neccessary to give them a light clean in order to display them (As well as read the headstamps!) I took the opportunity today to clean up six of them to show the difference from when I got them.
All of the rounds are different in some respect - for example there are German rounds and Polish as well as Yugoslavian and these all come in different case and projectile materials. I dont appear to have any "doublers" at this stage as far as the headstamps are concerned - which is a bonus as far as I am concerned! (Just love headstamps!). I have even found one 1915 dated Polte manufactured round as well! It looks as if whoever had these before me used the belt as a means of displaying the different rounds.
So this bunch shall keep me busy for a while doing a bit of cataloging and cleaning. The Starter tab on the belt is stamped "dfb 2 42" and the belt itself is stamped "6 40", the makers code being un-identifiable.