hicky1300
Well-Known Member
Hi all
Picked these up in Belgium today as part of a job lot with some WWI & II cases/rounds!
The Fuze is, I am sure British, 1913. Marked E.C.10. 11.1913.
Counts up to 62 - seconds? - on the lower ring with an infiity mark after. Is in very good unfired conditiobn & internals come out as you can see from pics. nose is Aluminium, rings are brass going by the weight & verdi gris, base/thread is alluminium. Rings do not move but Iwill soak it in penetrant at work tomorrow.
Fuzes not my thing but as I said guy had a job lot & wouldn`t split.
The next item I initially thought was a genuine case but homemade projectile. I now thing I may have that around the wronng way as managed to pull the proj.
The proj is 20mm diamaeter & appears to be made of a brass/bronze alloy? No bourolet & a very narrow drive band. This is a tracer proj & the filling is held in with a crimped aluminium washer with a plastic vover to allow ignition.
The case appears to be turned, not drawn. No headstamp, rimmed with an extraction groove & strange double level primer hole.
The case is approx 90mm overall & appears to have a slight taper.
Unfortunately rule & vernier at work so no specific dims at this time.
Also further to another thread, when I tried to haggkle the price down on some other cases, got the verbal about price/value of brass again!!!
Picked these up in Belgium today as part of a job lot with some WWI & II cases/rounds!
The Fuze is, I am sure British, 1913. Marked E.C.10. 11.1913.
Counts up to 62 - seconds? - on the lower ring with an infiity mark after. Is in very good unfired conditiobn & internals come out as you can see from pics. nose is Aluminium, rings are brass going by the weight & verdi gris, base/thread is alluminium. Rings do not move but Iwill soak it in penetrant at work tomorrow.
Fuzes not my thing but as I said guy had a job lot & wouldn`t split.
The next item I initially thought was a genuine case but homemade projectile. I now thing I may have that around the wronng way as managed to pull the proj.
The proj is 20mm diamaeter & appears to be made of a brass/bronze alloy? No bourolet & a very narrow drive band. This is a tracer proj & the filling is held in with a crimped aluminium washer with a plastic vover to allow ignition.
The case appears to be turned, not drawn. No headstamp, rimmed with an extraction groove & strange double level primer hole.
The case is approx 90mm overall & appears to have a slight taper.
Unfortunately rule & vernier at work so no specific dims at this time.
Also further to another thread, when I tried to haggkle the price down on some other cases, got the verbal about price/value of brass again!!!
