Artwork : ArchiveNo00173
German Minefield Sign 1944
Artefact
Contributor
| ContributionForm | |
|---|---|
| Contributor Name | D-Day Museum |
| Contributor Image | a.whitmarsh_dday.jpg |
| Profession | |
| Location | Southsea |
| Collection Date | 29.09.08 10.56am |
| Artefact Name | German Minefield Sign |
| Artefact Description | Wooden sign (made up of three boards) with skull and crossbones painted on to it. The word ‘Minen’ (mines in German) has been painted on to it. Sign is white with black lettering over the top. The sign has a bullet hole in the right-lower middle of the sign. Dimensions 38cm height x 50cm width |
| Artefact Date | 1944 |
| Artefact Stored | In display case - the D-Day Story |
| Artefact Form | |
| Artefact Image | 00173_dady_web.jpg |
| Sample Taken | Wooden splinter from back strut |
| Sample Image | |
| History of Artefact | It was from Juno beach in Normandy which is were Canadian troops landed. It was collected by Captain Ted North (Royal Warwickshire regiment). He brought it back as a souvenir. The reason it had been placed on Juno beach was because the Germans were laying minefields in the area just behind the beaches to make it harder for the allies to land. There would have been obstacles on the beach that would have made landing difficult, then coupled with adding minefields behind the beach made it even harder. Areas would have been marked with these signs to prevent German soldiers or French civilians entering the area. According to a pencil note on the back of the sign, the hole (two - thirds of the way down) was caused by a bullet from a Bren Gun (a British light machine gun). |
| Historian | Andrew Whitmarsh |
| Previous Owners | Captain Ted North |
| Special Memories | |
| Artwork Image | 00173_web.jpg |
| I | Attachmentb | Action | Size |
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00173_dady_web.jpg | manage | 160.6 K |
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00173_web.jpg | manage | 382.9 K |
| jpg |
a.whitmarsh_dday.jpg | manage | 189.3 K |
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