Today is Vimy Weekend here in Canada. 100 years later.
But on with my story.
1966 (?)
I remember when I was about six years old or so, at a department store in Calgary in the toy department was a die-cast metal cannon toy of some sort. Most incredible thing I had ever seen. I remember begging my "parents" for it for Christmas. Nope. :thumbsdown:
Fast forward 50 years to 2016 :thumb up:
Fast forward 50 years......I still didn't have a toy cannon and had never forgotten. So. At a German auction in November a Lineol Model Nr. 822 Mörser Blechspielzeug (tin toy) made in 1939 came up for auction. It was a tin toy of the WW1 German 21cm Mörser M10/16 (howitzer). So I threw a bid on it, never dreaming I would win it. And I won it.
And its wonderful! A perfect Lineol 21cm Mörser M10/16 original. It has no missing parts, near mint condition, almost perfect paint. Its big, at 30cm long. The hand wheels operate the elevation and traverse. It has a spring breech with a lanyard and will actually fire something out the barrel when the breech smacks against it. Attached photos are from the auction house, better than I could take, so here they are. Consider it free advertising for a great auction house.
And of course a casing. Photos and write up HERE
And in 2011 while working at the Citadel in Quebec city, I stumbled across an actual Krupp 21cm M16 Mörser with the longer L/14 barrel. Exactly the same as the Lineol Model Nr. 822 Mörser tin toy. What a cool piece to come across. Sadly, outside and rusting away, and missing the shield and the mud paddles from the wheels. It would look much better in my basement. I asked, but they wouldn't let me take it home.
But on with my story.
1966 (?)
I remember when I was about six years old or so, at a department store in Calgary in the toy department was a die-cast metal cannon toy of some sort. Most incredible thing I had ever seen. I remember begging my "parents" for it for Christmas. Nope. :thumbsdown:
Fast forward 50 years to 2016 :thumb up:
Fast forward 50 years......I still didn't have a toy cannon and had never forgotten. So. At a German auction in November a Lineol Model Nr. 822 Mörser Blechspielzeug (tin toy) made in 1939 came up for auction. It was a tin toy of the WW1 German 21cm Mörser M10/16 (howitzer). So I threw a bid on it, never dreaming I would win it. And I won it.
And its wonderful! A perfect Lineol 21cm Mörser M10/16 original. It has no missing parts, near mint condition, almost perfect paint. Its big, at 30cm long. The hand wheels operate the elevation and traverse. It has a spring breech with a lanyard and will actually fire something out the barrel when the breech smacks against it. Attached photos are from the auction house, better than I could take, so here they are. Consider it free advertising for a great auction house.
And of course a casing. Photos and write up HERE
And in 2011 while working at the Citadel in Quebec city, I stumbled across an actual Krupp 21cm M16 Mörser with the longer L/14 barrel. Exactly the same as the Lineol Model Nr. 822 Mörser tin toy. What a cool piece to come across. Sadly, outside and rusting away, and missing the shield and the mud paddles from the wheels. It would look much better in my basement. I asked, but they wouldn't let me take it home.
