Projectile Identification?

[dutchbarge]

I've had these in my collection for decades, having lugged them home from from three different trips to the Ypres salient (as carry on luggage no less). All from the Hill 60 Museum shop. I vaguely recall that the one on the far left is a British 60 pounder and the one on the far right a 60MM German minenwerfer. I was hoping Forum members might be able to give me a more precise nomenclature of them. The one to the left has a diameter of 5" and a height (to the fuse base) of 14 1/2", the middle a diameter of 4 1/2" and a height (to base of fuse) of 10 1/2" and the one to the far right a diameter of 3 1/2" and a height (to the fuse base) of 7 1/2". Cheers, Bill

[MikB]

Middle one looks like 4.5 in Howitzer. I'll check when I can find my Trawin...

Dunno if there was a 60mm Minnie, but 3 1/2 in = 88,9mm.

Regards,

MikB

[MikB]

Fuze on the middle one looks like a No. 86, which from Trawin suggests it's a 4.5 in Shrapnel Mk.1.

Regards,

MikB

[Cnock]

Hi,

shell on the right is not a Minenwerfer, loos like a 9 cm or 12 cm artillery shell

the fuse is a Doppelzuender Z.92 used with 9 cm, 12 cm, 15 cm and 21 cm shells

Cnock

[Michael Haselgrove]

Hi dutchbarge,

Yes, Cnock is absolutely correct.

Judging from your measurements the shell on the right is a 9 cm. shrapnel shell. There were three patterns of this shell, namely the 1882, 1891 and 1915. I can't see the marking on the fuze, but it looks like the Dopp. Z. 92 K15 which was an old-fashioned time and percussion fuze made of brass and graduated to 26 seconds. Assuming you have that fuze your shell is the 1915 pattern. Just under that marking Dopp. etc. on the fuze you should see another much smaller marking such as Sp.16 which indicates the manufacturer and year of manufacture.

Regards,

Michael H.

[dutchbarge]

Thanks all for your most excellent help. Cheers, Bill