centurion Posted 15 April , 2014 Share Posted 15 April , 2014 Can anyone translate please? What would fire this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 15 April , 2014 Share Posted 15 April , 2014 To set the ball rolling, it's German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arie Posted 17 April , 2014 Share Posted 17 April , 2014 Hi Centurion, it's indeed German, and by the looks of it, it's a 77 x 230 mm case for the common 7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 n/A. Made in february of 1917 "G" = manufacturer of the case => W.M.F. in Geislingen HL25 = acceptance stamp 25 = lot number St = The "St" means "Stark" (reinforced) in German. The original cases for the standard German fieldgun which was introduced in 1896 were 100 mm high. These guns had separate loaded ammunition. The new version of this fieldgun which came out in 1905/1906 used cartridges. This new cartridge had a case which was 230 mm long. The Germans had a lot of the old cases which they lengthened (sp?) to this new dimension. These cases had a thin wall because of this (weight of the cases was similar). When they started producing cases for the new version of the fieldgun they marked then with "St" to distinquish them from the "old" cases which were "stretched out". Regards Arjen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 17 April , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 April , 2014 Thanks for this - it's now become a piece of trench art - becoming a British service cap - I suppise you could say a Brass Hat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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