the Hungarian Institute and Museum of Military History recovered the machine on 2 August at Batthyány Square, opposite parliament. The motorcycle is almost completely intact, because it was under water and mud since WW2
In this saddle bag were the following artifacts:
a Bosch W 175 T 1 type sparkplug, oil canister, grease tube, insulation tape, cylinder head and sparkplug sockets, small screwdriver, air pressure gauge, inner tube repair kit, glue and stain material, a chain link, a pair of screwdriver heads, a hammer head, and Y-shaped screws
A Y-strap was a leather harness worn over the shoulders and joined at the front and back with additional straps. It was used to attach equipment to the body, such as bread bags, ammunition pouches or canteens. The name "Y" comes from the shape of the shoulder straps.
The mortal remains of two German soldiers were discovered beneath the motorcycle. Their fully preserved identity discs could, for the first time in more than 80 years, provide information about who they were and what happened to them
In 1932, DKW merged with Audi, Horch and Wanderer to form Auto Union AG.
As a local I have a little more interesting details: The mud was contanimated with high amount of diesel fuel that helped to conservate the bike. There was also some mortal shells and ammunition around the bike as well.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime the museologists opened the closed side box. The condition of the content will blow your mind:
https://www.facebook.com/hadtorteneti.muzeum/posts/pfbid0SrWHQcNVAs57WbUTewMj5GGdLytDZUGgvUTTVm16uTGBM2aJ1tSnDkh2WeTRkVQal
THANK YOU! I hadn't heard about that! Looking it up now and adding it to the post!
DeleteMy pleasure, Sir!
Delete(Okay, my English is far from perfect, but this time was not me, but autocorrect: "mortal shells". Those are "mortar shells" of course.)
ah, I had to look to find what that was, and where, and now realize my mind read it the way it was intended, not the way it was spelled
DeleteAs the museologist working on the bike, more and more details pops up and those are just... Well... Mind blowing! The tires are still soft and intact, they still holding the 70+ years old air! The bike likely was brand new, because the tread has no wear. They found a wedding ring (!) in the sidebox - I guess it was hiding under the mud and that is why it was not found earlier. There is a lenghty article about how they trying to find out what unit was using the bike - see the link below, it is the second post in his Facebook page, no direct link available, sorry. I wanted to translate to you with AI, but there is many German words - military unit names - the result was a giberish. Anyway, I think it is worth a click or two because of the pictures:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.facebook.com/norbert.szamveber