British soldiers battle damaged waterbottle and dinner plate that were recovered in 2014 from the field in front of Lochnagar mine crater which was the British frontline trench on the 1st July 1916 on the Somme battlefield in France
This is a British Soldiers army issue 1903 pattern Water Bottle and aluminium made dinner plate.The bottle which still retains its original blue colour it is in nice solid condition for a recovered relic with a lot of the original blue paintwork. The bottle is missing its cork stopper remains it does have some battle damage impact holes in the front of it.The plate which has all of its original white and blue colour with some rust damage both have been nicely cleaned and are perfect for display or any collection.The items were recovered in 2014 from the field in front of Lochnagar mine crater which was the British frontline trench on the 1st July 1916 on the Somme battlefield in France. A very nice and very relic from the famous Somme battlefield and comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with map of its exact location they were found .
The British named the mine after Lochnagar Street, the British trench from which the gallery was driven. The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle.The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 98 ft (30 m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, which was captured and held by British troops. The attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire, except on the extreme right flank and just south of La Boisselle, north of the Lochnagar Crater ware some gains were made by the British army.
