QF 25 Pounder Propaganda/Leaflets

[G1u53pp3]

Hello, my name is Giuseppe.
Can anyone give me information about this leaflet found inside a QF 25 pounder PROPAGANDA in Italy? Is there a document or archive that talks about the various leaflets used within this type of ammunition?
Thanks a lot

 

[LEAFLET]

Hello Giuseppe,
I am a collector of Leaflets for a long time but I never have seen this one before.
There are some documents and Catalogs that talks about the various of Leaflets and most of the time the Leaflets do have a code on the left or right down corner of the Leaflet.
I looked in to my documents and catalogs to find your Leaflet but I can't find it.
It happens more often that a Leaflet has a strange code or no code at all. Sometimes a Leaflet was local printed (not far behind the front) and used by a military unit in that aria.
It's a very interesting piece.

Leaflet

 

[G1u53pp3]

I have another one but it's in worse condition. Could you point me to some sites or catalogs you refer to? A thousand thanks. At this point as you say it was probably printed on site, there is no code in the margins of the leaflet.

 

[G1u53pp3]

Correction actually there is a code...

"8-92"

 

[LEAFLET]

Hello Guiseppe,
About the number "8-92" : I have never seen a code like that, I doubt if that is a code.
About sites or Documentation: PSYWAR.ORG is/was a wonderful site but under construction.
The books from Klaus Kirchner and R.G. Auckland helps me a lot in find info on Leaflets.
Pictures will follow in a minute.
About your second Leaflet, it's a Safe-conduct and I only found a picture of the back-side and can't find a code.

 

[LEAFLET]

Another catalog wich I use very often.

 

[G1u53pp3]

A thousand thanks. If you want a leaflet I can send it for free. let me know if you are interested.

 

[Antoon]

Guiseppe,

In which part of Italy the 25-pr leaflet Shell has been found?
Do you known which Allied troops were in that area?
Maybe the code is from the Field Artillery Regiment/ Field Battery that supported that Allied troops. I can take a look for you.

Greetings -Antoon

 

[G1u53pp3]

Guiseppe,

In which part of Italy the 25-pr leaflet Shell has been found?
Do you known which Allied troops were in that area?
Maybe the code is from the Field Artillery Regiment/ Field Battery that supported that Allied troops. I can take a look for you.

Greetings -Antoon

It was found near Lugo in the province of Ravenna. I honestly don't know which troops specifically passed through there.

 

[Antoon]

It was found near Lugo in the province of Ravenna. I honestly don't know which troops specifically passed through there.

I wil take a look next week.

Greetings - Antoon

 

[Antoon]

Couldn’t wait. I think the shell is fired by on of the batteries of 8 Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery in the second half of December 1944. This artillery-unit belonged to the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. So I guess that the 8 is the unit nummer and maybe 92 is the leaf-code.

 

[G1u53pp3]

Couldn’t wait. I think the shell is fired by on of the batteries of 8 Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery in the second half of December 1944. This artillery-unit belonged to the 5th Canadian Armoured Division. So I guess that the 8 is the unit nummer and maybe 92 is the leaf-code.

A thousand thanks!!

 

[Antoon]

I took a look in the War Diaries from the 8th Field Regiment RCA, and the shell is not fired by them. They turned there 25-pounders in against 105 mm Priest SP guns in January 1944. So it must be fired by another unit. Sorry.

 

[Antoon]

A friend of my came with the answer. 8-92 is a code from the British 8th Army that fought in Italy.