pre-war type 15

**butterfly** · 11th December 2011, 11:07 AM

German bomb fuze. 1937 dated, type 15 fuze - basic impact fuze. (of note is the waffenampt mark on the charging head)

Had this one in the collection for a while and thought it was time I posted some pics.

regards Kev

HPIM8711.jpg HPIM8713.jpg HPIM8714.jpg HPIM8715.jpg

**waffenamt** · 11th December 2011, 11:06 PM

Nice example Kev,indeedy that waff stamp is very nice.

Im sure ive seen 15's from around 1936 too?
Will have a root round the collection. As soon as house renovations done,then i shall pipe up with pics of the new look room.

best
waff

**smle2009** · 12th December 2011, 10:19 AM

Hi I may be wrong but didn't they use the folded wing Waffenamt,(no P), mark until March 1938?

Cheers
Tony

**waffenamt** · 12th December 2011, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by smle2009

Hi I may be wrong but didn't they use the folded wing Waffenamt,(no P), mark until March 1938?

Cheers
Tony

The imperial one? good point. Does anyone have a list of waff stamps with location of the inspector? I know there are lists available for the factory codes.

cheers
waff

**butterfly** · 12th December 2011, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by smle2009

Hi I may be wrong but didn't they use the folded wing Waffenamt,(no P), mark until March 1938?

Cheers
Tony

Tony, thanks for bringing this up, I would like to know more about when these marks were introduced / changed over etc.

All I can tell you is that I have seen this same mark on other early fuzes that I have seen pictures of.
Maybe someone on the forum has the answers?

regards Kev

**butterfly** · 12th December 2011, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by waffenamt

The imperial one? good point. Does anyone have a list of waff stamps with location of the inspector? I know there are lists available for the factory codes.

cheers
waff

It would be great if someone had a list of all the inspectors. However I believe no such list exists. From my understanding an inspector had a particular stamp, when he moved to a different location he retained the original stamp allocated to him. So a particular stamp may turn up different locations.

Of course it ought to be possible to put a name to the various inspectors, however I believe the lists were either destroyed or lost.

Of course this is just as I understand the system, if someone knows different please feel free to correct me - I would like to know for definate!!

regards Kev

**smle2009** · 12th December 2011, 07:54 PM

Hi Waff and Ken, there is a brief mention of Waffenamt inspection marks at the end of this link http://www.scribd.com/doc/58910230/G...Ordnance-Codes
Not quiet the Imperial inspection mark but close,I have examples of the folded eagle mark on ammunition as late as 1943 but the earliest I have with the straight wing eagle is 1940.
Mind you it doesn't mean that inspection marks were always applied during manufacture

Tony

**butterfly** · 12th December 2011, 09:38 PM

Here is an example of the 'Inspection Stamp' used later on the German Bomb fuzes for comparison.

regards Kev

HPIM7087.jpg

**smle2009** · 12th December 2011, 10:29 PM

Now that's the early one I was talking about??????

Tony

**waffenamt** · 12th December 2011, 10:38 PM

Thats the Luftwaffe inspectors stamp with that lovely designed curly 'L' in the design.

Im thinking the earlier Imperial stamp found on some of my shell cases from 1936. Will try and find a pic.. hang on.

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/thread....7cm-FLaK-case pic 2. However,ive another case from 1938 with the waff stamp shaped like the one on Kevs fuze.

best

waff