Headstamps of the German 7,92×57 rifle cartridges showing the production dates of 1914 and earlier. Dates that are never found in post-1914 context. Looking at the fact that Germany went to war in August 1914 with ammunition supplies that would have lasted them about two weeks we can be quite sure that these bullets were not issued to soldiers of 1915 or later. German M1897 water bottle variant Bavarian belt brass belt buckle of the M1887 pattern German burial pit / mass grave as found during test trenching Broken comb with the inscription ‘UNBREAKABLE” Blue enamelled water bottle – British Army standard issue P14 ammunition pouch found on the remains of a British soldier during test trenching German 7,92×57 rifle cartridges Find location of the Commonwealth soldier Communication trench during test trenching (© Ruben Willaert bvba) Communication trench during test trenching (© Ruben Willaert bvba) German fighting trench during test trenching (© Ruben Willaert bvba) Höhe 80 during the test trenching in 2015 (© Ruben Willaert bvba) Höhe 80 during the test trenching in 2015 (© Ruben Willaert bvba) British aerial photograph of the site and surroundings on 3 January 1918 (© CHAL) German aerial photograph of the site and surroundings on 14 June 1917 (© CHAL) German aerial photograph of the site and surroundings on 26 September 1916 (©CHAL) British aerial photograph of the site and surroundings on 16 January 1916 (© CHAL) Expectation map based on interpretation of the aerial photographs (© CHAL) Panoramic view over the Ypres Salient from a German artillery observation post situated on- or very close to- the excavation site (© In Flanders Fields Museum). Aerial view of Wijtschate during the war before (3 July 1915) and after (12 June 1917) artillery destroyed the village (© McMaster University). British aerial photograph of the site and surroundings on 3 July 1915 (© CHAL)
