Little Showel

[NorthFront]

Hello

have you see a showel like this, it's smaller than an infantry,
probably a civilian use i think, maybe in a vehicle like a side car??

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Thank's a lot for your interest

Mery Christmas

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I believe what you have is the shovel issued to MG08 Gunners a la WW1 and during the inter war years.

As they had a lot of kit to deal with they were given a short handled version.

Could well have been re used ww2 as why throw away good tools.

Hopefully others will confirm my thoughts.

Regards

Tim

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I believe what you have is the shovel issued to MG08 Gunners a la WW1 and during the inter war years.

As they had a lot of kit to deal with they were given a short handled version.

Could well have been re used ww2 as why throw away good tools.

Hopefully others will confirm my thoughts.

Regards

Tim

WW1 MG08 Gunners shovel dimensions from a Russian forum.

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ww1 mg08 gunners shovel from the net.

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Wow,

Even shorter than I remembered, it would appear that the short shovel shown is dimensioned as between the 2 sizes ie Not full infantry but longer than the MG version. And the handle on the one shown does not seem to have been messed with so I have no idea as to its intended purpose.

Good set of pics Attached on prior post BTW illustrates the MG08 to perfection.

Regards

[NorthFront]

Hello

Thx for yours opinions.
But i think it' s not for a mg08 gunner.

Best regards.

[Austrian]

Hello,

your shovel is a civilian post war model manufactured by A. Bredt GmbH & Co. KG, Herdecke.

Best regards
David