Original German WWII Heer Army Artillery Western Front 1939 Wartime Christmas Wall Plaque on Wooden Backing - 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" German Military Maps Army NCO pattern

Army NCO pattern

The grip is finely checkered ivory which displays a couple of small age stress cracks

The grip is in great shape and all buttons are still functional and make noise when pressed in

The upper section houses four different reels of string to set as trip wires with a tensioned plunger/striker on the top to detonate the charge

An wonderful article by Forgotten Weapons on the Granatenwerfer 16 can be found at this link

Original German WWII Heer Army Artillery Western Front 1939 Wartime Christmas Wall Plaque on Wooden Backing - 4 1/4" x 6 1/4" German Military Maps Army NCO patternOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice Heer Artillery commemorative wall plaque, made from a wooden backing board measuring 4 1 4"W x 6 1 4"H, which has a lovely round 2 5 16" wide artillery scene silvered zinc alloy plate attached to the front. It shows two soldiers on the shielded carriage of what is probably a field howitzer, with one looking through the sight and another there to feed rounds into the gun. Both are wearing what