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Unknown bomb WW 1

Antoon

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Hello,

Who can ID this bomb.

It looks like the German 4,5 kg and 10 kg Carbonit-Bombe, but the nose and shape of the body are different.

Greetings - Antoon

Schermafbeelding 2020-05-04 om 16.01.16.jpeg
 
This is a indeed puzzling bomb - there a real surviving example of this bomb in a Finnish museum under bearing the caption "german bomb 1919"

saksalainen lentopommi Utista v.1919.jpg

Though at first look this bomb would seem to have more in common with some Austro-Hungarian bombs than with the German Carbonit, I think, but not fully sure, that this is in fact a 4.5kg Carbonit bomb with a cap at the emplacement of the pocket that allowed the mounting either of a fuze or of a fuze extension:

95802_9bc0abf3016d2d5716b5b1b34c9e6153.jpg Carbonit 4.5 kg Annotation 2020-05-05 124350.jpg Annotation 2020-05-05 124440.jpg

I have been unable to get more details on this fuze extension or real photos.
Here's another document on this bomb:
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