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    Slim pickings this weekend but I did find a couple of small interesting things and I found a suitable spear shaft and fit it this weekend to the spear tip I got a month or so ago.

    The first item I found is a 1917 Germanicon Gemeinde Bottrop 10 Pfennig Kriegsgeld coin or token, not sure which. As there are many of these from different cities, I assume they are tokens of some sort to be used for city services maybe but not sure. Some sites say they were legal tender coins for general circulation. They have been demonetized so are no longer legal tender coins. Not really surplus related but I like to get wartime coins and currency.





    The second item took some research and negotiating. The seller wanted more than I wanted to pay but I got her down to $10 which seems a good price from what I can see. It's a veterans lapel button for those that served in the 1st Canadianicon division in WWI. Kind of like the US "wounded duck" from WWII. Most of these that I've found are the same as this one but some have the name, unit, etc of the individual stamped between the lines as an added personalization. I haven't determined if this is a Canadian button or a Britishicon one as more British served in this division than Canadians I believe and most of the Canadians were Frenchicon Canadians.





    And the spear. The shaft is an 8' 1 1/8" handle, for what I have no idea. Got it at a hardware store. Knocked the metal screw cap off, shaped both ends into a Roman hasta spear. I haven't figured out how to fasten the tip to the shaft. It fits tight but if you stabbed something with it an pulled back it would probably stay in whatever you stabbed. Any suggestions? glue, epoxy, some sort of sap might be more appropriate. Total length is about 8'6" with the tip attached. Shaft is tapered at both ends.

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    Any suggestions?
    Araldite is a very strong adhesive if used properly and can be used to join a number of different materials together. My preference is the original version, slow drying.

    Araldite - Wikipedia

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn243 View Post
    The second item took some research and negotiating. The seller wanted more than I wanted to pay but I got her down to $10 which seems a good price from what I can see. It's a veterans lapel button for those that served in the 1st Canadian division in WWI. Kind of like the US "wounded duck" from WWII. Most of these that I've found are the same as this one but some have the name, unit, etc of the individual stamped between the lines as an added personalization. I haven't determined if this is a Canadian button or a Britishicon one as more British served in this division than Canadians I believe and most of the Canadians were Frenchicon Canadians.

    https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../BQqM9en-1.jpg

    https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../e6cq4ZV-1.jpg
    It's the 1st Canadian Division formation patch. The system was introduced after the 1st Division was already in France (arr. early 1915) and was designed to permit easy ID of the wearer's formation at a glance.

    You can see the whole series here

    The 5th Division was broken up for reinforcements in the UK and never got to France.

    The First Contingent from Canadaicon was about two thirds British-born, but French Canadians were about one man in 33, sorry. And the same was true in WWII. In both wars serious crises arose over conscription and hostility to it among Franco-Canadians when it was introduced late in both wars.
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