hicky1300
Well-Known Member
Part of my haul from Waterloo today were these 2 items.
1st the tall brass case in the pic. This is a diameter of 74/75mm & 276mm long. I do not think it has been cut down.
It is rimmed & the head has the following: EP with 8 under it @ 12 0`clock, SM with 10 under it @ 6, EP 13 & a seperate R on the primer.
The next item is the projectile.
Diameter comes out at 1.333 inches or 33.881mm??!! Length is 165mm.
It is one of several (bead cleaned it at work) & as you can see it has been fired but has not hit anything substantial as the brass fuze plugs are all in v good cond. One does appear to have the remains of a fuze.
There are some markings on the base - what looks like a G or C with a 7 `hanging` off the letter?? There is also another stamping that I cannot describe.
On the body is what appears to be 2 `+` symbols side by side & another + stamped on the dummy fuze. Some of the fuzes are stamped `INERTE` (which is nice to know!!).
One is painted light blue - but I think this has been done after firing. The others appear to have been red with black fuzes?
Cheers in advance guys.
1st the tall brass case in the pic. This is a diameter of 74/75mm & 276mm long. I do not think it has been cut down.
It is rimmed & the head has the following: EP with 8 under it @ 12 0`clock, SM with 10 under it @ 6, EP 13 & a seperate R on the primer.
The next item is the projectile.
Diameter comes out at 1.333 inches or 33.881mm??!! Length is 165mm.
It is one of several (bead cleaned it at work) & as you can see it has been fired but has not hit anything substantial as the brass fuze plugs are all in v good cond. One does appear to have the remains of a fuze.
There are some markings on the base - what looks like a G or C with a 7 `hanging` off the letter?? There is also another stamping that I cannot describe.
On the body is what appears to be 2 `+` symbols side by side & another + stamped on the dummy fuze. Some of the fuzes are stamped `INERTE` (which is nice to know!!).
One is painted light blue - but I think this has been done after firing. The others appear to have been red with black fuzes?
Cheers in advance guys.