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Some recent brass items
- Thread starter moondoggy
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Grenademan2005
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What is the thing at down left?
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Bottom left is an all brass VSM Vickers feedblock. These usually have a steel sleeve that was added later to prevent wear from the bullets feeding through. The all brass version is rare. Next to that is a vickers tripod brass id plate and a Russian cannon id plate brought back from Siberia by a US solder at the end of WWI. Above that there is a WWI Turkish Belt buckle, an 1898 scovill fuse, and an 1863 Naval fuse. At the top are three Japanese 75mm shell cases that were brought home from Iwo Jima by a US soldier.
Grenademan2005
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Nice group of items. I love brass, many times I have thought on start another field collecting WWII brass items, but..... maybe in the next century.