Blackblue Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Can anyone give me a steer on ID of this fuse please? Rgds Tim D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Could be a British No.100, is the fuze brass and are there any more visible markings? Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 16 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2015 I haven't got it with me....it's for a friend. I understand it is brass and they are the only markings that can be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey McLean Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Hello, Tim - It's a German howitzer fuse (indicated by the "H.Z." marking), manufactured by the Ludwig Lowe factory in Berlin in 1915 (indicated by the "C.L." and "15") markings. Regards, Torrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 16 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Legend. Thanks Gents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Blackblue, Just noticed the groove close to the bottom, this indicates that it could be a German HZ14 Vorst, in this case the nose cone will be steel. Test by using a magnet! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 16 August , 2015 Author Share Posted 16 August , 2015 Great, Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 While you fuse specialist gentlemen are on, can I ask your view on this. It has only one mark, an iron cross on a Y shape. Any comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 16 August , 2015 Share Posted 16 August , 2015 It appears to be a setting mark, seen on time and percussion fuzes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peregrinvs Posted 17 August , 2015 Share Posted 17 August , 2015 Interesting. My initial thought was that it's a British No.80 time and percussion fuze, but the holes seem to be in the wrong place: http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/decouvertes/english_fusees_collection_gb.html#80 Looks like it had an aluminium nose cap which has oxidised away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Haselgrove Posted 17 August , 2015 Share Posted 17 August , 2015 Hi Phil_B, Although difficult without measurements to go on, in my opinion what you have is the remains of a German 76mm light minenwerfer fuze. The fuze designation is I.W.M. Zdr. I attach a couple of photos from fuzes in my collection. The first is the same as yours save mine is all brass whereas yours is made with a mixture of brass and an alloy. The second fuze has a similar cross marking as appears on your fuze but is from a heavy minenwerfer. Regards, Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 18 August , 2015 Share Posted 18 August , 2015 Thanks, gents. Was that a standard mark throughout the war? Mine`s somewhat more Teutonic than the more Christian looking crosses above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Haselgrove Posted 18 August , 2015 Share Posted 18 August , 2015 A cross was the standard mark for the percussion setting on German time and percussion fuzes. Looking at the examples in my collection it may be coincidence but a simple cross seems to be used for artillery shells whereas the more elaborate cross or variations thereof, as on your fuze, seems to be reserved for minenwerfer fuzes. The exact style of the cross probably depends on the manufacturer and degree of wear on manufacturing equipment rather than anything else. For your information I attach a photo of a fuze that has functioned. It was made in the same year, 1916, and by the same manufacturer, Rheinische Metallwarren und Maschinen Fabrik, as the example in the photo above. Regards, Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 18 August , 2015 Share Posted 18 August , 2015 Thanks again, Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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