Yep, and the metal was not weapons-quality so almost none of it was used as ‘advertised’ was mostly a propaganda thing to make people feel like they were helping.
they then replaced many of these railings with regular mar materiel after the war. I’ve seen British fences made out of stretchers, rifle barrels, and cannon barrels
My great grandmother’s garden railings were taken for the same reason in the UK. So it wasn’t really just a german thing
Yep, and the metal was not weapons-quality so almost none of it was used as ‘advertised’ was mostly a propaganda thing to make people feel like they were helping.
they then replaced many of these railings with regular mar materiel after the war. I’ve seen British fences made out of stretchers, rifle barrels, and cannon barrels