What's new
British Ordnance Collectors Network

This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

German WW2 Bakelite cap with Russian markings?

Grzesio

Well-Known Member
I've encountered a photo of an apparently standard German Bakelite cap for M50x3 fuze socket, found on an early post war Soviet dump of captured German ammunition.

It carries a typical German Material Pruefmark with maker code 40 (Isolawerke AG, Birkesdorf) and material code S (Bakelite with timber dust).
But what surprises me, is an additional marking above it, looking like Cyrillic letters GSh.

mark04.jpg

Could it be a piece produced in Germany shortly after the war under Soviet supervision? Or the supposed Russian "GSh" is purely German and has a completely different meanng? :tinysmile_cry_t4:

Kind regards

Grzesio
 
Top