P00105.037 Accession Number: P00105.037

020639

Photograph 020639 Second World War, 1939-1945

This German Teller mine was used extensively in the Tobruk area. The wire acted as trip to set the mine off. As a double menace, pull type igniters were often placed under the mine so that when it w

026193

Photograph 026193 Second World War, 1939-1945

FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ENGLAND, AND LATER USED EXTENSIVELY AS A MAGNETIC MINE IN VARIOUS WATERS AROUND ENGLAND. THE MINE IS DROPPED

H11672

Photograph H11672 First World War, 1914-1918

El Burj, Palestine. c. 1917. A British Army officer inspecting a German mine washed up on the beach. Although the horns had been broken off during the mine bumping against rocks it had not exploded. I

026194

Photograph 026194 Second World War, 1939-1945

FLINDERS NAVAL DEPOT, VIC. 1942-08. "D" TYPE GERMAN PARACHUTE MINE, USED FIRST AT COVENTRY, ENGLAND, AND LATER USED EXTENSIVELY AS A MAGNETIC MINE IN VARIOUS WATERS AROUND ENGLAND. THE MINE IS DROPPED

H17183

Photograph H17183 First World War, 1914-1918

Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1914. The site of the first German mine after the digging party had filled in the trench on the Bitapaka Road. (Donor A.W. Bazley)

H03781

Photograph H03781 First World War, 1914-1918

Palestine. c. 1917. A mine being exploded in the desert.