Small distorted barbed wire picket : Bullecourt

Barbed wire picket with a circular twist at one end, bent and distorted along its shaft and corroded, with evidence of mud and dirt accretion.

This picket was one of millions produced during the war, on which barbed wire was strung, as a means of slowing down the enemy, protecting ones own positions, and of channelling the enemy into 'killing zones'. The picket has a pig tail twist to one end: this allowed it to be screwed noislessly into soft earth. This example was recovered from the Bullecourt area.