I wonder if people could help me identify this, I'm trying to work out its value and how to sell it.
My father in law recently passed away and in clearing out his factory space found this practice shell. The story behind it is that my father in law was a custom engineering parts producer. He was contracted by a Crane manufacturer fulfilling an MoD order about 35-40 years ago. He was given this large Naval Artillery Shell in order to create custom fittings to enable its transportation, at the end of the contract he was given the Deactivated Shell. I recently had an MoD EOD team check it, after checking they confirmed that all internal working have been removed from the shell and it had been weighted for authenticity, as such they stated that it was classed as a replica as no explosive or internal components remained.
Some Information about it:
My father in law recently passed away and in clearing out his factory space found this practice shell. The story behind it is that my father in law was a custom engineering parts producer. He was contracted by a Crane manufacturer fulfilling an MoD order about 35-40 years ago. He was given this large Naval Artillery Shell in order to create custom fittings to enable its transportation, at the end of the contract he was given the Deactivated Shell. I recently had an MoD EOD team check it, after checking they confirmed that all internal working have been removed from the shell and it had been weighted for authenticity, as such they stated that it was classed as a replica as no explosive or internal components remained.
Some Information about it:
- Markings: GD3/85 & LOT RLB 2/84
- Dimensions: Approx. 4 feet (122cm) tall, 6.5-inch (165mm) base diameter
- Weight: Correctly weighted for authenticity (38kg)
