WWI technology in 1914 was nowhere NEAR close to the sort of technology displayed in the photo you have attached to this article. Though the rest of the weapons may indeed be from WWI, that wireless radio carcas has multiple pronged/center prong vacuum tube recepticles, clearly indicative of mid to late 1930's, 1940's technology. During WWI, the most advanced vacuum tubes only had 4 rough prongs and were quite bulky, not small enough for a hand held radio/transmitter.

Weapons of this quality and vintage might bring real $$$ to the treasury if sold to collectors. Why destroy them?

it must be a miracle.

100,000 German Jews fought for Germany in World War I and 12,000 died. It would be nice to know more about the soldiers stationed in Israel.

If it had been a WW One era German Military cemetary filled to capacity with Germans

Anyone walking with one would have gotten a hernai for his efforts

abandoned by Jewish terrorists in 1948

History bears out the fact that that if his supposition is correct and they are a Jewish group they would be called Freedom Fighters.

It's a field phone that required wires to communicate between phones

As a thesis this weapons where sunk by British troops at the end of WWII or the end of the mandate. From the date 1895 its most likely a Gewehr 88 which was used by Turkey at this time (captured by British troops maybe), German troops used the 98 allready. The Explosives are of british origin, time WW II, same with the Walkie Talkie.

For all the doubters, remember that the Germans and the Ottomans were allies during WW I and Germany supplied the Ottomans with weapons, ammunition and other military supplies. It's highly unlikely that an Israeli stash from the 1940s would have many rifles manufactured in 1895. Most of the "Chechi" rifles used by the Palmach, Haganah, et al were manufactured during WW II, and it's likely that the Germans gave the Ottomans the oldest wqeapons and kept the newest ones for themselves. Use a little logic, people. Rivkah: without organic material and oxygen in the water, salt water can be used as a preservative for almost anything solid. Salt corrodes metal only in the presence of oxygen, a component necessary for corrosion.

During WW II, a British relative of mine was transferred to Colditz Castle after his fifth or sixth escape attempt. Colditz had been "unescapable" during WW I, so the Germans tried it again in WW II, but it was a total failure. More successful escapes were made from Coldits than any other PoW camp. However, to my relative's story: every morning at roll call, the German officer taking the roll would also ask if there were any PoWs willing to work for Germany. This was generally met with dead silence, but one day, after a new bunch of French PoWs arrived, one of them spoke up... "I'd like to work for the German war effort, and I'd like to make it clear that I'd rather work for ten Germans than for one Frenchman!" Naturally, his compatriots gasped at this, but the German officer was all smiles. He asked the man if he was sure, and received this reply: "Yes, and I want to make it clear to everyone listening that I'd rather work for a HUNDRED Germans than for one Frenchman." The German officer was happy as a lark, until he asked the PoW what his profession was in civilian life-- his joy was short-lived, though, when he got the answer... "I'm a gravedigger!"