KM372 (WW-II German Lead Inspection Stamp from Firearm) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
1940
Not before (date)
1940
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
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Typological identification
Modern Debris
Description
German lead inspection stamp. Small disk with raised number “655” and thin coiled iron wire for attachment to trigger guard. Inspection stamp of Heereswaffenamt from small-caliber pistol or carbine manufactured in 1940 by Mauser Werke KG in Oberndorf-am-Neckar, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Preservation description
Intact disk with heavily corroded iron wire.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1241, 1250, no. 976, fig. 28.8
Diameter
0.017
Thickness
0.005
Explanation of deposition
Military activity on southeast ridge during WWII.
Belongs to Historical Period
Modern (Historical Period)
Material
Lead (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0911-001
Location in unit
Upper fill in WWII foxhole, north trench.
Drawing
Photograph