Unidentified German shell

[Guernsey Museum]

I've got a shell that measures 83.3mm in diameter and is 243mm tall. It is hollow and the end has an internal thread to accept a fuze ( presumably )
It has no fuze or cartridge attached.
It bears the following information stamped into the metal casing;
A1172
10
H37.

I was thinking alongthe lines of a 1904 18pdr German WW1 Field Artillery shell - but could be completely wrong about that!!

Does anyone have any ideas about what this is and where it comes from?

Sorry haven't got a picture at the moment

Many thanks

 

[Fuzeman]

Welcome Richard ? to BOCN
Steve

 

[leeski]

welcome to bocn guernsey museum do we get discount now

regards lee

 

[doctor]

Hi
Seem to be 18Pr HE shell (GB, no german)
Same size off MK II or III without fuze

 

[Guernsey Museum]

Thanks Doc,
That's really helpful. I'm uploading some photos of the item. The shell has been covered in black gloss paint in the past which will ( I presume ) need to come off. If you can make a positive I.D. - any ideas on an appropriate colour scheme? When we're stripping it we'll preserve any original paint scheme we find underneath.
At some point in the past someone has got either a die-cutting tool or a thread cleaner stuck in the screw thread where the fuze would go. We're trying to get this out also.

 

[Guernsey Museum]

Low resolution images of the shell

 

[doctor]

Hi
It is definitively the high-explosive shell Mk III of 18 Pr QF GUN
It is easily identifiable by the shape of the eye and the 3 notches making it possible to fix by punching on the eye of the fuzes N101, 103 and 106
This principle replaces the set screw of the models Mk II and III of the first generation
Your is the second generation
For the third, the hammering of the eye disappeared and there remain only the notches
The tool in the eye must be that which is used to thread the eye
Finally the disc of base of sealing to gas is not installed yet
Black painting is an anti rust deposited before painting the body in yellow

 

[spotter]

Nice especially with part of the manufacturing equipment

 

[Guernsey Museum]

Last question Doc,
I'm aware that the 18pdr QF gun was used throughout WW1 and beyond but I'm not clear on whether the HE Mk III shell is WW1 also.
Any ideas?

 

[doctor]

Hi
The shells of 18 Pr Mk II appears about mid 1915, Mk III of
first generation appears in December 1915 or at in january of 1916,
the second type at the end 1916 and third in 1917
The remainders Mk III of the first conflict will be used especially fitting with Fuzes N106 E
Today we always found 18 Pr HE Mk III dated 1917 with 106 E dated 1936

 

[Big Dave]

Hi heres some pics of my 18 pdr with a No101 fuse its been filled and repainted but its not as common as the shrapnel rounds regards Dave