Mutant!!!

[r-ungern]

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[poniatowski]

That's interesting. If it weren't for the solder from the spike being affixed at one time, I'd have given it the benefit of the doubt that a German soldier MAY actually have done this.
Now, it looks more like a post-war (or bored on the boat home) defacement.
Thanks for posting, it is interesting.

Ron