That's a nice hypothesis but I doubt that the added weight incurred by using pressed steel pegs would have brought the company to a halt :-) ( didn't use sheet aluminum in my copies, I actually cut some 6061 "angle iron" at a diagonal to form) Alistair > On Jun 21, 2017, at 7:09 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > > I suspect those periscopes were heavy steel and glass affairs and were carried by one soldier in the field, so weight was a factor. Probably had several of these stakes, hence the aluminum. Those are cast (probably from scrap aluminum), so they are brittle, but yours are fabricated from sheet aluminum, much stronger! > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Alistair Bell > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 6:37 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Opinions requested, van related, German tent pegs > > That's interesting, certainly puts a different light on the eBay listings. > > I made my own version, actually two versions , and added a pic at the end of the original post > > https://shufti.blog/2017/06/20/tent-pegs-german-wwii-era-really/ > > Alistair > >> On Jun 21, 2017, at 1:01 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> eBay.de has them as DDR pieces. This would explain lack of quality. >> >> Chris >> >> Dnia 21.06.2017 o godz. 15:57 Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> napisał(a): >> >>> Search "apag zeltpflog" to get better search results. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> Dnia 20.06.2017 o godz. 21:37 Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): >>> >>>> Check this out: >>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-ORIGINAL-GERMAN-BUNKER-PERISCOPE-POLES- >>>> APAG-/29 >>>> 0966794725 >>>> >>>> Stuart >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On >>>> Behalf Of Alistair Bell >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 6:09 PM >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>> Subject: Opinions requested, van related, German tent pegs >>>> >>>> Cleaning out the stuff sack that contains these kind of things in >>>> the van, brought out the German tent pegs. The easily broken German >>>> tent pegs that is. Did a google search and found hits saying WWII >>>> era pegs. I find that hard to believe but I'm asking the hive to >>>> give opinion based on a couple of pics here: >>>> >>>> https://shufti.blog/2017/06/20/tent-pegs-german-wwii-era-really/ >>>> >>>> Alistair= > |
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