I photographed these German 7.6cm (7.58cm) leichte MinenWerfer examples in Brussels, Georgia, Mississippi and the Veterans Memorial Park in Auburn WA.
A larger version 17cm Minenwerfer is at the IWM in London. It took a while to recognize the one I saw in Douglas, Georgia, because it did not have the extra structure that the one in Auburn is displayed with. The one in Mississippi included John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields”
German 7.6cm leichte MinenWerfer
Veterans Park; Auburn, Washington 2022
German 7.58cm leichte MinenWerfer
Brussels Military Museum 2026
German 7.6cm leichte MinenWerfer
American Legion Post 18; Douglas, Georgia 2024
MinenWerfer M1916
Displayed in a trench diorama with a copy of the poem “In Flanders Field” by John McCrae.
Camp Shelby, Mississippi 2024
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.