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Below are relics I've found or acquired from around the D-Day landing Beaches, mostly found around the Utah beach area were the 4th Infantry landed on D-Day morning, and also items around Drop Zone "D" area in Angoville , which was the 101st Airborne Divisions Drop Zone, 1st and 2nd battalion of 501st PIR, the 3rd battalion of 506th PIR and the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion.

WW2 German Stick grenade With 1943 dated

Very nice WW2 German Stick grenade With 1943 dated, the screw cap is Nazi marked

An Amazing WW2 U.S 40mm Round/Shell Found in the Normandy Omaha Beach

This shell case is amazing almost a work of art, with sand compacted in the bottom and covered in barnacles, if only it could tell a story, it more than likely was fire from one of the ships or LST's towards Omaha beach on the 06/06/1944 D-Day, this was found in the waters around Omaha Beach.

WW2 Relic German K98 Bayonet with scabbard and frog

Found in the Falaise Gap area of Normandy near Chambois

WW2 life preserver, found in Normandy, Utah Beach.

Supplied by the U.S. Navy, the M1926 life belt was issued to soldiers participating in Operation Overlord. The belt could be inflated using two CO2 cartridges, or manually via two valves.

Found in a deep hole with an array of things in a field next to Utah beach

Normandy Nazi MP40 Relic Machine gun

Found near Trun in Falaise Normandy France.

US 81mm mortar round in German Positions at Omaha Beach

US 81mm mortar round found in the German positions in 1972....On OMAHA BEACH... a very nice relic from D DAY Landing beaches ....Would be impossible to obtain now because the German positions have no access on the land

WW2 German Relic Army Wehrmacht Buckle found in Normandy

WW2 German JU52 Relic MG 15 Magazine

Found on a JU52 crash site near Aalborg, Denmark. You can see where the rounds have exploded and blown the canisters

WW2 Relic Early First Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger maker WMW

Early First Pattern Luftwaffe Dagger, A scarce early dagger that's in relic condition, the worst part is the blade, this is quite heavily rusted, you can just make out WMW and Waffen stamped across, the grip and cross guard are not that bad.

WW2 lot of RAD Members Lapel Pin

Lot of RAD lapel pins, missing there pins, most probably ground-dug, all original with maker marks.

WW2 U.S. C Rations B Unit Tin

Found in a deep hole with an array of things in a field next to Utah beach

2 Relic U.S. Nescafe Coffee ration Tins

Found in a deep hole with an array of things in a field next to Utah beach

WW2 US dated 1942 20mm round Found Utah Beach Normandy

The round is marked with an Anchor markings are A.G-1942 MK2 LST and what looks like NFB?, Found with the 7 WW2 US time delay fuses below, lying together at the side of a German casemate.

These fuses were found with the above round A.G-1942 MK2 LST lying together at the side of a German casemate in the sand dunes of Utah beach.

You can still see the coloured bands indicated the time delay before acid corroded a wire, releasing a striker that struck a percussion cap and a detonator, There were different colours White, Red, Green, Blue. pictured with an original unused one.

M1 Garand clip with Bullets found at Drop Zone "D" area in Angoville, which was the 101st Airborne Divisions Drop Zone, 1st and 2nd battalion of 501st PIR, the 3rd battalion of 506th PIR and the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion.

This is a really interesting find, found on Utah beach a Dummy/Blank firing round unfired, the round is dated 1962, Utah beach was one of the beach's used for filming "The Longest Day" in 1962, so is this a film prop from one of the greatest war films made? quite possible.

Found in the Ardennes near to Krinkelt/Rocherath villages in the woods defended by US 99th Inf. has a makers mark and date on the neck for 1939.