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Burney Davis

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Made of compressed card/paper, and marked with ECP so French (?) is it a grenade handle?
 

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Hello,
Bump this thread.
Looks like a "pétard", "artifice" or "signal" for explosion simulation or something similar. Typical shape (card-paper, black cover and white markings, safety fuse). Maybe 30's era.
The narrowing (venturi role) at the base could also match with the stick (propellant) of signal ("fusée de signal") ; some kind of small paper rocket signal (in this case your device could be incomplete).
Could you give dimensions (length and diameter) ?
Can you see other markings after ECP (lot and date) ?
Regards

Herewith a example of "Fusée signal" (marking ECP and maybe 1921) - no details on this grenade (use - filling) :

Fusée signal.jpg

Cutaway of another one :

Fusée signal cut.jpg
 
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Yes at the same time, I was looking in this book.
Maybe 27mm signal (34mm seem to have no external venturi at the base)

27mm fusee signal 1917.jpg27mm fusee signal model 1917.jpg
 
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Hello,
Bump this thread.
Looks like a "pétard", "artifice" or "signal" for explosion simulation or something similar. Typical shape (card-paper, black cover and white markings, safety fuse). Maybe 30's era.
The narrowing (venturi role) at the base could also match with the stick (propellant) of signal ("fusée de signal") ; some kind of small paper rocket signal (in this case your device could be incomplete).
Could you give dimensions (length and diameter) ?
Can you see other markings after ECP (lot and date) ?
Regards

Herewith a example of "Fusée signal" (marking ECP and maybe 1921) - no details on this grenade (use - filling) :

View attachment 161732

Cutaway of another one :

View attachment 161733

Sorry for the tardy response. The dimensions of this item are 40mm diameter, , 258mm long and 230mm to the point where the black colouring stops. As has been suggested I think the top cone is missing. It does look like the " "Fusée signal" (marking ECP and maybe 1921) as noted in Minen's post. It contained black powder. Thanks to all for the ID.
 
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