Posted on 11/10/2020 7:26:30 PM PST by MAGA2017
In September, a couple out for a stroll in the eastern French Alsace region, came across a tiny aluminium capsule in a field.
Inside was the message, written in barely legible German on a kind of tracing paper.
The message appears to carry the date 1910, or 1916.
Dominique Jardy, curator of the Linge Museum, near where the discovery was made, thinks 1910 is more likely, Le Parisien reports (in French) .
Describing the find as "super-rare", he told the paper the capsule was likely to have come to the surface of the soil over time as have many military remains from the First World War.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Look, another ballot and it’s for Biden.
BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE
Lol!!!!!
“Need faster internet connection”
/sarc
There was no war going on in 1910, but Alsace-Lorraine belonged to Germany at the time. So perhaps a message from a German soldier during routine peacetime training?
Way cool. Did the message mention Ovaltine?
What happened to the pigeon?
No report that I can find anywhere as to what the message actually says.
Anyone here read German?
Ich bin 17 Jahre alt. Nicht hasslich.
Ich mag lange Spaziergange am Strand.
(I am 17 y/o. Not ugly.
I like long walks on the beach...)
Cooped up all these years
It’s an order for a pastrami on rye and a bottle of St Pauli Girl
Was it carrying a Biden mail in ballot?
That’s what I thought it said.
It is a fortune teller. Future calling.
In German it says, “Epstein didn’t kill him self”.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7451275/carrier-pigeon-message-100-years-old-france/
“Platoon Potthof receives fire as they reach the western border of the parade ground, platoon Potthof takes up fire and retreats after a while,” the message reads in part. “In Fechtwald half a platoon was disabled. Platoon Potthof retreats with heavy losses.”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.