Incredable WW-2 battlefield find!

[Fatstrat]

A German soldiers footlocker, buried for at least 70 years. But the contents remarkably well preserved.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war...nd-inside.html

[Wadcutter]

That was a great story and that warhistoryonline.com is a great website Fat. I bookmarked it to go back later. Lots of interesting stuff there for WW II nuts like us. Thanks for passing that on.

[sled]

The cigars make me very skeptical...

[Kitchen Guitars]

Sorry. Not buying it. The clothing was methodically wrinkled.

[Dr. Spivey]

Hard to believe its real. You would think there would be more mold after 70 years in the ground. I suppose under the right conditions...

[Napman41]

Those photos and claims are from 2008. It's been floating a round for years. Google WWII photo and hoaxes.

[Bingoccc]

How about just suntan lotion and bacon? http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-33378014

[Fatstrat]

Originally Posted by Napman41

Those photos and claims are from 2008. It's been floating a round for years. Google WWII photo and hoaxes.

Well I did Google it. Several pages reveal nothing that pertains to this find. Not a single mention of it. If you know of one that debunks it, please post a link.
I don't know if it's real or not. As stated in my OP, I also find the condition of the find remarkable. But it was buried in a water-tight container. I actually own a similar one that I purchased at an Army Surplus sale. Very much like the common ammunition cans that have been known to hold up extremely well for many decades. Only larger.
I have to say IMO it's plausible. We've all heard of or seen pics of bodies of dead people who have been dug up after decades in the ground (Big Bopper and others). In which not only was the body remarkably well preserved, but their clothes as well.
Also in St Joseph Missouri there is a museum that contains relics recovered from a streamboat that sank in the Missouri River in the mid 1800's. Remarkably the river had since changed course and the find was made in a farmers field a fair distance from the rivers present location. After over 100 years in the ground, in less sturdy containers, many cloth artifacts were in remarkably good condition.
http://1856.com/

[Napman41]

Originally Posted by Fatstrat

Well I did Google it. Several pages reveal nothing that pertains to this find. Not a single mention of it. If you know of one that debunks it, please post a link.
I don't know if it's real or not. As stated in my OP, I also find the condition of the find remarkable. But it was buried in a water-tight container. I actually own a similar one that I purchased at an Army Surplus sale. Very much like the common ammunition cans that have been known to hold up extremely well for many decades. Only larger.
I have to say IMO it's plausible. We've all heard of or seen pics of bodies of dead people who have been dug up after decades in the ground (Big Bopper and others). In which not only was the body remarkably well preserved, but their clothes as well.
Also in St Joseph Missouri there is a museum that contains relics recovered from a streamboat that sank in the Missouri River in the mid 1800's. Remarkably the river had since changed course and the find was made in a farmers field a fair distance from the rivers present location. After over 100 years in the ground, in less sturdy containers, many cloth artifacts were in remarkably good condition.
http://1856.com/

It's definitely plausible though in this particle instance not very likely.
http://forums.ubi.com/archive/index.php/t-216242.html

[sled]

If that box got over 72% humidity for that amount of time, those cigars would have been covered in mold worse than what was showing in the photograph. If it had gotten below 68C% humidity, the wrappers would have begun unravelling. Like I said, call me skeptical.....