Lifting eyes for german bombs

[satan18]

Another little addition for my smaller bomb collection,is these top lifting eyes for the 50 kg bomb.
Also in the selection was a forward nose plug for the 50 kg.
only a bit of surface rust otherwise these will clean up a treat.

 

[APFSDST]

Be any stamps on this things?
I have a same one and have a WaA stamp on bottom of screw.

 

[satan18]

Be any stamps on this things?
I have a same one and have a WaA stamp on bottom of screw.

Hi
Have cleaned one up and it reveals nothing,so will do the others and post any finds.

Best phil

 

[APFSDST]

Thanks Phil!

 

[butterfly]

Some nice 'eyes' you have there Phil, congrats.

Now here is something you may find interesting..........

This piece I have had for a long time and it is part of a large incendiary container. This particualar container dropped on farmland but failed to open, although the contents ignited. Apparantly the whole thing burned for three whole days!! I got this from the farmer whos field it landed in. I did have more of the container, but this is the only bit I kept. The rest was a mangled mass of twisted steel and very rusty!! Though amongst the bits were almost 50 incendairy nose pieces (what I now know to be the 'tile breaker' version - though didn't at the time!!)

This hanging eye was solid and it took a lot of WD40 and hammer blows to release it and once I did I found it still retained the waffenampt stamp on the bottom - (hence my posting here). What I like about this piece is the fact that it is twisted - this is a solid lump of steel and was the support for the hanging of the container, I presume the heat from the incendiaries twisted it to this shape, rather than impact??

Anyhow- here are the pictures...........

regards Kev

 

[LANCS-AMR]

I have got one somewere and it has a collar/disc fitted to it, will have to find it and take a pic and check for any markings.

 

[satan18]

Some nice 'eyes' you have there Phil, congrats.

Now here is something you may find interesting..........

This piece I have had for a long time and it is part of a large incendiary container. This particualar container dropped on farmland but failed to open, although the contents ignited. Apparantly the whole thing burned for three whole days!! I got this from the farmer whos field it landed in. I did have more of the container, but this is the only bit I kept. The rest was a mangled mass of twisted steel and very rusty!! Though amongst the bits were almost 50 incendairy nose pieces (what I now know to be the 'tile breaker' version - though didn't at the time!!)

This hanging eye was solid and it took a lot of WD40 and hammer blows to release it and once I did I found it still retained the waffenampt stamp on the bottom - (hence my posting here). What I like about this piece is the fact that it is twisted - this is a solid lump of steel and was the support for the hanging of the container, I presume the heat from the incendiaries twisted it to this shape, rather than impact??

Anyhow- here are the pictures...........

regards Kev

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Nice one Kev and it still never fails to amaze me the amount of trouble that the German Armament factorys went to with actually stamping a screw eye,
so in true anorack style i gave all mine a clean and oil polish and one out of four revealed a little stamp which is nice.

 

[waffenamt]

What a great thread!! Sorry i just caught up,i was a little 'busy' last night!:date:

Shame about thos 50 or so fuzes Kev!,imagine the worth of those nowadays!!

Phil,i just checked my 2 lifting eyes and the one where i suspect had a waff stamp has rusted away Nay mind!
I will be needing another 3 or 4 if all goes well this week!

cheers

waff

 

[waffenamt]

I have got one somewere and it has a collar/disc fitted to it, will have to find it and take a pic and check for any markings.

Welcome aboard mate,glad you are starting to post at last! :tinysmile_hmm_t:

Bring the item with you please when you come and visit the collection.

best

waff

 

[thedawnpatrol]

Satan18
would you be willing to part with one of those eyes for my 50kg ?

cheers

Jules