NigelS Posted 5 April , 2008 Share Posted 5 April , 2008 Another thread has prompted me to inquire about this nosecone; it may not even be WW1 and, from the nature of the markings (arabic ?), it almost certainly isn't Western Front; any ideas to its type and whose it may have been? The tip carries a message which I've attempted to enhance (no guarantees that it's even the correct way up!) Presumeably, as I don't believe it would be instructions, it some greeting or insult for the unfortunate recipients - a bit of a longshot - but can anyone offer a translation? Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 5 April , 2008 Share Posted 5 April , 2008 The characters around the graduated scale are numbers — see Arabic-Indic line in table above (from Wikipedia). The fuze is presumably Turkish, as Ottoman Turkish was written in a variant of Arabic script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete1052 Posted 5 April , 2008 Share Posted 5 April , 2008 Those things are called fuzes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 5 April , 2008 Author Share Posted 5 April , 2008 Thanks for that Siege Gunner. Pete 1052: "Those things are called fuzes"; Maybe the arabic message says: "This is a Fuse" ! Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted 6 April , 2008 Share Posted 6 April , 2008 Hello, I wonbder where this fuse was manufactured? It looks very like British fuzes of the same period - other than the figures. Old Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 6 April , 2008 Share Posted 6 April , 2008 The inscription on the nose of the fuze includes some more numbers, so the photo is almost certainly upside down and should be viewed as below. Arabic and Ottoman Turkish written in Arabic script are read from right to left, so the number here, which resembles o^7, would appear to be 685. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 6 April , 2008 Share Posted 6 April , 2008 Arabic script are read from right to left, so the number here, which resembles o^7, would appear to be 685. But numerals are from left to right so its 586 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 6 April , 2008 Author Share Posted 6 April , 2008 One thing I omitted to mention the steel/iron (?) threaded section bears, conventionally numbered, "5374" which looks as if it's been impressed with conventional number punches; there are no other obviously western markings except for 0/+ on the graduated collar Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 6 April , 2008 Share Posted 6 April , 2008 But numerals are from left to right so its 586 Doh, so it is But "so its 586" should be "so it's 586" – I'll stick to words in future ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 20 April , 2019 Share Posted 20 April , 2019 Found this old one while looking for information on my two fuzes. On 05/04/2008 at 14:11, NigelS said: ... can anyone offer a translation? Nigel On 06/04/2008 at 21:05, SiegeGunner said: ... so the photo is almost certainly upside down and should be viewed as below. This identical to the ones I have and while I can't be certain - I need to check myself! - I think Nigel's photograph is the right way up... So the last two 'glyphs' in the first (top) line are 7,5 for 7.5 cm, i.e., the 75 mm 1903. Of course, I could be competely and utterly wrong - but the other glyphs only seem to make sense as letters / abbreviations if as seen in Nigel's post. And I am guessing that the bottom line reads 'OB..' and is obus of howitzer. Standing ready to be shot down in flames by SG, SS or any others, and if I am not, then I'll cross check after the weekend with my Ottoman history colleagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 20 April , 2019 Share Posted 20 April , 2019 (edited) Looks like I am part-wrong - the top line is apparently 'Obus' - https://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/ww1-ottoman-enveriye-dolch-and-edged-weapon-manufacture/ MODS: Can this be moved to 'Arms' please? Edited 20 April , 2019 by trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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