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Old 19-02-22, 10:24 AM
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Nearly picked one up in Verdun many, many years back but it had grown into the tree that had been near it.....

If anyone can get to France, I bet some of the "bourses aux armes" that I used to attend would have had one or more.
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https://authentic-reclamation.co.uk/...-wire-holders/
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I wish I'd known back in the 1970's that they would be collectable!
Used to dig around on the old rifle ranges at The Crumbles, Eastbourne, with my mates looking for bullets and shell casings to collect and swap. There was all sorts of stuff that we found, including the barbed wire holders!
Used to spend hours down there every weekend. It had been a rifle range since at least the 1890's, and possibly a lot earlier as there were Napoleonic Martello Towers dotted along the coast. Unfortunately The Crumbles was 'redeveloped' (ruined), and is now a harbour/housing.
The only thing I've got left from my collection is a very well preserved set of 2inch mortar fins dated '42'. I was the only one of our group ever to find these, plus another damaged set that I swapped with one of my mates. Happy days!
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To me, ex RE and all, a Picket post came in 2 sizes, 6ft & 3ft. These were "V" shaped, made of metal with notches evenly spaced to allow Barbed wire etc to fixed to it.
When hammered into the ground the "V" of the post was placed with the open end or the < facing away from you. This allowed "bullets" to rebound off them towards the Enemy and not ricochet back.
There are different types of post and I am not sure what type the question refers to.
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A nickname for the Royal Anglian Regiment is (or was in the 70's) "The Angle-Irons", a junior Soldier being a 4' Picket, an adult member of the regiment a 6' Picket.
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Part of one I excavated in dunes in west wales in 2019, near to a demolished pillbox
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174956995211
OP did not make it clear but I took him to mean screw pickets-he could have meant angle iron pickets though. Ones on ebay very easy to trip over, often used to hold cam net over a sangar in the 1980s RAF.
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There is still a huge amount of barbed wire and posts to be found today around the German bunker at TĂȘte de Faux in the Vosges region in France. A chilling reminder of a brutal time in history.
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