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Pre WW1 French Beehive?

Millsman

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Fuzes are not my area but this one looks pre WW1. I've not seen a beehive like it. It has holes marked 1-30 and on the edge below the beehive it had a short scale 0-10.

On the top retaining cap it has 4 85

So could this be Franco Prussian war era?

Any help would be appreciated.

John

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Looking on the lower part of your fuze, I think you have a 30/55 Mle 1882



Yoda
 

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Yoda, what is the complete title of this book "... de pyrotechnie militaire" ?

I think we are both talking about the same fuze because the 30/55 Mle 1880 was adopted in 1882 to replace the Henriet fuze.

S.
 
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Yes that looks right. Could they have been used after 1914?

I can't correctly answer to your question, but I think NO. The french have developed other models of time fuzes with or without impact systems.


Yoda
 
Yoda, what is the complete title of this book "... de pyrotechnie militaire" ?

I think we are both talking about the same fuze because the 30/55 Mle 1880 was adopted in 1882 to replace the Henriet fuze.

S.

I don't known the name of the book, I have a large number of digital extracts without knowing the title of the book where they come from.
Sorry !

Yoda
 
I can't correctly answer to your question, but I think NO. The french have developed other models of time fuzes with or without impact systems.


Yoda


Many thanks for your help on this thread. The fuze was thought to have been dug up on the Somme, but this is probably unlikely.

John
 
Hello,

We often find obsolete fuzes from 1880's on ww1 battelfields. French Army need lot of fuzes so old stocks were used.

sgdbdr : the plate is from the book : "Ecole Centrale de Pyrotechnie Militaire - Fusées pour projectiles creux." (1883).
The fuze is designated "modèle 1882"
 
Hello,

We often find obsolete fuzes from 1880's on ww1 battelfields. French Army need lot of fuzes so old stocks were used.

sgdbdr : the plate is from the book : "Ecole Centrale de Pyrotechnie Militaire - Fusées pour projectiles creux." (1883).
The fuze is designated "modèle 1882"

Excellent - Very many thanks
 
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I wondered what those fuzes were . I have a pair of trench art candlesticks made from similar ones & I suppose they are probably WW1 . You live & learn . Thanks everyone ! Siegfreid
 
btw, I have a pair of mint WW1 French 75mm beehive fuzes - one of them still wrapped in (lead?) foil... what are these worth (as a pair)? don't know much about or collect fuzes but these caught my eye many years ago... thanks!
 
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