[Milsurplus] "1917" Trench scene, revisited

[Gordon Smith]

Hi Hue,
For what it is worth, here is a link to a screen 
grab of the scene and a possible explanation: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/eyn04a/what_does_this_mean_wanted_to_see_if_there_is/ 


73, Gordon KJ6IKT

At 09:28 PM 12/26/2020, Hubert Miller wrote:
>When I saw "1917" a year or two back, I was 
>puzzled by a sign posted up inside the
>abandoned German trenches. It went by too fast 
>for me to register what the exact
>words were. I really thought I'd sent to this 
>group a screen snip of that movie scene,
>but I fail to find it, so apparently I watched 
>enough of the movie again to see this
>part, but didn't grab it.
>This wooden sign, I guess about 18 wide by 14 tall inches, read
>
>1 Gasfächer
>1 Eimer
>1 Stange
>1 Spaten
>
>This means: 1 gas fan; 1 bucket; 1 pole; 1 
>spade. I surmise this was for removal or
>burying of spewing gas shells?
>Olde business, but I'm getting it off the books at last.
>-Hue Miller
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