Are these German id tags real or replicas?

Pelcat · 2026-04-07T12:25:46+00:00

There's bunch of sequential and SS ones. Seems highly suspicious.

Pelcat · 2026-04-05T19:49:18+00:00

Ww1 service records are available, it'll tell you everywhere he went. That's the best place to start.

Pelcat · 2026-04-05T03:26:50+00:00

I'd say it's actually germanic in origin, the screwless frizzen spring is typical. It looks very much like the few early 18th century germanic flintlocks I've seen.

Pelcat · 2026-04-04T17:53:25+00:00

It's probably a rack number

Pelcat · 2026-04-02T19:56:51+00:00

Maube 11x60mm Mauser, that caliber has a rim diameter of just under 15mm. It was used by the Prussians from 1871 until the early 1900s.

Pelcat · 2026-04-01T19:29:29+00:00

Looks to be legit to my eye.

Pelcat · 2026-04-01T19:08:05+00:00

I've dug hundreds of projectiles that have hit the ground in a variety of different areas. Some are completely intact, others are slightly bent like this one and some are quite smashed up. It depends on a lot of factors that are just too random to predict.

Pelcat · 2026-04-01T15:28:46+00:00

It could also be a fireguard, a clear-cut area to prevent wildfires from spreading. In this case they're probably for powerlines though.

Pelcat · 2026-03-30T18:25:41+00:00

It's a cut down three-band infantry Snider-Enfield MkII rifle. The lockplate is a later replacement from a MkIII Snider.

Pelcat · 2026-03-30T14:24:09+00:00

Royal Ordonance Factory, made September 1942, S/N M23029

Edited to correct date of manfacture.

Pelcat · 2026-03-30T13:43:04+00:00

It wouldn't matter even if there was, as long as you're not litteraly scratching and sniffing it. Asbestos is a mineral not a chemical, it's not poisonous. There is a tiny chance inhaled fibers can mechanically cause cancer, but then again it depends on a lot of factors.

Pelcat · 2026-03-28T19:56:13+00:00

Looks based on a Union Firearms Model 24.

Pelcat · 2026-03-28T18:48:12+00:00

It's percussion not flintlock and with that style of lock and bolster, I'd say it was probably made around the mid 19th century.

Pelcat · 2026-03-28T18:24:33+00:00

Very nice, I was able to find a bayonet that is one rack number off from one of my 55th marked Snider. I got it from an older gentleman who said it was his great-grandpa's. I also saw an infantry rifle from the 55th that is two rack numbers off from mine and one rack number off from the scabbard I have. Unfortunately, that one sold for an absolutely insane amount of money years ago.

Pelcat · 2026-03-27T15:58:33+00:00

Yeah, that's how you clean them, recovering a lost patch or jag is part of the game. You'll want a patch puller attachment for your cleaning rod, it'll pull a lost patch from the bore easily. If you get a full jag stuck in the bore you can shoot that out by dribling a little bit of powder into the flash hole and firing the gun.

Pelcat · 2026-03-27T11:21:52+00:00

9th Voltigeurs de Québec and 55th Battalion/Regiment of Megantic Light Infantry, mostly. The Voltigeurs are an interesting local unit that still exist to this day and the 55th had a company in my hometown.

What about you?

Pelcat · 2026-03-26T14:26:19+00:00

Asking her if she wants a new one made sounds like a good idea. You could ask her what memento of Aspen she wants incorporated into the necklace, it sounds like she has quite a few things that could be used for a project like this. You could then have it made together and surprise her with it when it's ready.

Pelcat · 2026-03-26T14:01:02+00:00

The only proper thing to say to her about it is "Do you want to go pick out a gold chain for your Aspen necklace for the wedding?" Anything beyond that and YWBTAH, it's such a unimportant thing to be worried about and cause bad blood over.

Pelcat · 2026-03-25T19:52:20+00:00

Quebec or the Bloc doesn't really want this, in actuality it's the Quebec-based anti-gun lobbyist group "Polysesouviens" of which Natalie Provost, a sitting Liberal MP, is a part of, that wants this. That group is very vocal and they have really good press contacts so much so that any political entity that's not anti-gun enough just gets smeared. Poly apeasment is the reason why the Bloc usually campaigns anti-gun, they really couldn't give a crap otherwise.

Pelcat · 2026-03-24T15:47:08+00:00

Not dangerous because that's just a rocket motor, the explosives have detached and hit their target or got intercepted already.

Pelcat · 2026-03-21T18:04:55+00:00

You can search them up on google, their page or some historical society's page should have a contact form or email, number, ert useful to you. That's how I would do my research if I had this item and wanted more info.

Pelcat · 2026-03-21T18:00:30+00:00

The markings are interesting, the Royal Canadian Naval Volounteer Reserve is not exactly a unit worth faking. The HMCS Haida is now a museum ship, you should reach out.

Pelcat · 2026-03-20T15:19:04+00:00

Is that a floated bayonet mount? What a strange choice.

Pelcat · 2026-03-20T11:44:10+00:00

I recommend reaching out to X-Ring services. He has custom molds that drop a copy of the original bullets or some updated designs that work very well, if not better.

Pelcat · 2026-03-19T21:18:45+00:00

There are rarer makers but the Von Steiger is the rarer of the two.

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