Every pioneer enjoys filling his pockets with shell casings, signals and shrapnel! However, this fun may drag on or develop into something more.
The need for invention is cunning! Here is a clear example of how you can make a bracelet from a belt for a lady. To do this, take a belt. You can’t touch the VOPs! Before you pull your hands to something, and especially an angle grinder, an ax and a hammer, make sure 100% that it is an empty piece of iron. Otherwise, you risk losing these very hands! It’s best to call the belt separately, fortunately there are plenty of them lying around anyway, without Achtung’s companions.
The process in brief is as follows.
— get a belt of the required length;
— using a grinder with different grinding attachments, clean the belt to a shine, remove the thread from the return;
— roll to size, cut off excess;
— engrave to taste.
Everything is clearer in the photo:
A few lyrics on the topic. While re-reading Remarque once again, I came across an interesting narrative that draws the reader’s attention to front-line souvenirs, namely shell belts and signal parachutes. And… damn it, the subject is painfully familiar!
«…at night we hunt for the copper belts and silk parachutes of French flares. <…> For some, belts are of great value. Some collected whole bags…» Further in the story, the German soldiers in the trenches of the First World War on the Western Front are having fun about what can be done to them. One offers to send them to his bride as garters. 😉
As for silk parachutes, the book mentions that from several pieces it was quite possible to sew a blouse for yourself or simply use them as a handkerchief. Let me remind you that Remarque had to personally experience hardship in the trenches of the First World War, and he knew the subject well.
Despite the fact that a hundred years have passed since then, as far as the fields (or rather forests) of the Second World War battles in the east are concerned, the picture has not changed at all! The items are in demand among copals. Belts are used for metal or crafts, and parachutes are used for the same scarves.
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