Visitors to WW1 Battlefields are
surprised by the wealth of material that still remains as a memorial
to Battles of long ago. Shells, bullets, weapons, cap badges and
barbed wire can be found in all shapes and sizes. The Battlefields
of the SOMME in particular, still give up these mementoes of the
most destructive war ever fought.
The two items of shrapnel pictured
are pieces of exploded shell and it takes very little imagination
to hold one of these pieces of metal, to feel its weight and picture
the horrible injuries it could cause.