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Hi Andy
its a No 209 GB fuze
The mechanical time fuze was equipped with a Swiss watch (Tavaro) lasting 40 seconds. It was commissioned in 1937 and retired in 1947.
The No. 209 Mk I was in the end the original model Swiss
The No. 209 Mk II was used with HE shells (AA) of 4.5 inch Mk Ic
Sorry chris.
It is not the No 209 because that one has no screwed on booster. Is the steel part below the booster part of the fuze, if not it is the Dutch fue No 5.
The Dutch never stamped in the nomenclature only the yeat of manufacturing which in this case is 1940.
Thanks for the replies.
It is the clockwork mechanism inside the fuze that is stamped 40.
There are various other numbers stamped into the brass on the outside of the fuze,but no nomenclature.
Tavaro (Tavannes) made pelnty of their fuzes in various designs as customers ordered these. This one here has a booster/detonator arrangement we typically know from Finland.
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