Ahaa! cheers. ....and my missus thought she put up with a load of 'rusty old junk' (i prefer the term: "carefully selected 'military antiques'")around the house .
Nice!! Also a very good thing your finding items that won't detonate when you hit them with a shovel!! Cheers Mate!! Rev Bob
I thought it was German trenching tool? Sapper No Brian this is a German one. This is a British one. The British had a similar one to the Germans, see my thread here. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/weapons-technology-equipment/6408-strange-british-entrenching-tool.html Brian I think you said you had one like it.
Careful enough with explosives, always make note of them and contact police/forest keeper right away, don't mess around with that