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Lee Bradbury

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Could one of you knowledgeable chaps/chapesses give me an idea what this is please?

I think it’s from a Stokes Mortar (some sort of cap?) but I’m not really sure.

Thanks.

 

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Someone who knows about this sort of thing (which is not me) will n doubt be along soon to answer.  Where did you get it?  

 

Interesting engraving of a boot. 

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10 minutes ago, Gareth Davies said:

Where did you get it?  

Interesting engraving of a boot. 

I picked it up on the Somme, I think in Albert, in 2000. It sat on a shelf, then packed away for a house move & didn’t see the light of day for quite a while.

Yes...that boot, I’m thinking it’s a company/trademark but not sure.

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It's the transit cap for a 2" Toffee Apple Mortar. The shoe, if I remember correctly might be a link to Northampton. I'm sure this may have come up on the forum in the past.

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17 minutes ago, Gunner Bailey said:

It's the transit cap for a 2" Toffee Apple Mortar. The shoe, if I remember correctly might be a link to Northampton. I'm sure this may have come up on the forum in the past.

Thanks Gunner. I take it the Cap was removed prior to firing?

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11 minutes ago, Lee Bradbury said:

Thanks Gunner. I take it the Cap was removed prior to firing?

The cap was replaced by the simple Newton designed fuze that contained a .303 cartridge and had a tin cap covering the top. The cap had a spike on it that set off the cartridge , which set of the detonation sequence. The fuze was known as a type 107.

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5 hours ago, Gunner Bailey said:

The cap was replaced by the simple Newton designed fuze that contained a .303 cartridge and had a tin cap covering the top. The cap had a spike on it that set off the cartridge , which set of the detonation sequence. The fuze was known as a type 107.

Many thanks, very informative.

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In place:

 

Image result for toffee apple bomb

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28 minutes ago, Andrew Upton said:

In place:

Great, thank you 👍🏼 

 

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