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Need help identifying a shovel, Can anybody help me id it?

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mihnea	Posted: January 14, 2007 09:10 pm
Capitan Group: Members Posts: 682 Member No.: 679 Joined: September 26, 2005	Today I bought from the flea market these two shovels: The first one is a Romanian WWI shovel made in 1911; the other one is made in 1915 and has some markings in Cyrillic alphabet but also some other signs. Markings: When I bought the shovel I thought it was German WWI, after the shape and the markings (the ones in the circle) the other marking just below in Cyrillic were hidden by the green pain. I think that the shovel could be made in Germany in 1915 for the Bulgarian army, but all I could find on the net is this shovel listed as “Old German type shovel…” on ebay sold by a Bulgarian . http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-GERMAN-TYPE-ENTREN...1QQcmdZViewItem PS I bought it for 15lei (it is not easy to negotiate a shovel with another shovel in the other hand ).

Sturmpionier

Posted: January 15, 2007 07:46 am

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QUOTE (mihnea @ January 14, 2007 11:10 pm)

the other one is made in 1915 and has some markings in Cyrillic alphabet but also some other signs.

This shovel was produced in Russia. Also the year of manufactur 1915 is very common for the Russian WW1 entrenching tools

REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR	Posted: January 15, 2007 02:21 pm
General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004	Many of these shovels were retained in the Finnish Army after WW1. These shovels are found with a hole stamped in the metal where the circle and crowned W stamp is. A procedure used to de-identify markings.

mihnea	Posted: January 15, 2007 05:00 pm
Capitan Group: Members Posts: 682 Member No.: 679 Joined: September 26, 2005	Thanks for the replies, can any of you translate the writing? (the text as good as I could copy it: ЗАВОДЪ БИ ЛБНЕСЪ).

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Posted: January 15, 2007 07:10 pm

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QUOTE (mihnea @ January 15, 2007 07:00 pm)

Thanks for the replies, can any of you translate the writing? (the text as good as I could copy it: ЗАВОДЪ БИ ЛБНЕСЪ).

ЗАВОДЬ БИЛЬНЕСЬ = FACTORY BILNES
It's definitely Russian imperial shovel.

mihnea	Posted: January 16, 2007 06:55 pm
Capitan Group: Members Posts: 682 Member No.: 679 Joined: September 26, 2005	Thanks for the info, Sturmpionier.

Claudiu1988	Posted: April 21, 2007 08:51 pm
Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004	Fount this shovel today. I think it's german but I'm not shur. What do you think????

Claudiu1988	Posted: April 21, 2007 08:52 pm
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Sturmpionier	Posted: April 22, 2007 07:57 am
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 98 Member No.: 630 Joined: July 22, 2005	First you have to clean it and find the markins. P.S: The wooden handle isn't original. This post has been edited by Sturmpionier on April 22, 2007 07:59 am

Claudiu1988

Posted: April 23, 2007 05:48 pm

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QUOTE (Sturmpionier @ April 22, 2007 07:57 am)

First you have to clean it and find the markins.

P.S: The wooden handle isn't original.

I found the markings. The shovel dates from ww1 the year 1915 but I don't know what army used it?????

Here are the pictures:

Claudiu1988	Posted: April 23, 2007 05:57 pm
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mihnea	Posted: April 23, 2007 06:15 pm
Capitan Group: Members Posts: 682 Member No.: 679 Joined: September 26, 2005	In my opinion is Russian the letters are in Cyrillic and the paint remains are green (typical for the Russian army).

Claudiu1988

Posted: April 23, 2007 06:18 pm

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QUOTE (mihnea @ April 23, 2007 06:15 pm)

In my opinion is Russian the letters are in Cyrillic and the paint remains are green (typical for the Russian army).

I also thought it was ww1 russian but I wasn't shure. Thanks for the help

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