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Powder train time fuze, Denmark?

Mrfuze

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Hello again,
This is another fuze I got from the same seller a while ago.
I think it is Danish origin?
I would like to get info regarding nomenclature and where it was used in.
Thank you
Mrfuze
 

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I would go for a spanish 25 sec. time fuze (Espoleta de 25 Tiempos Modelo 1891)
 
Hello
Alpini is right.
The official name is "Espoleta de 25 segundos modelo 1891" and it is also known as "Espoleta Mata" for the name of designed, the intelligent artillery colonel, Onofre Mata (https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onofre_Mata_y_Maneja) .
The mark "P M" is "Pirotecnia Militar de Sevilla" and the number "912" is year of manufacture.
This fuze was used in shrapnells shell for "Obus de bronce Mata de 21cm modelo 1895" (http://www.amonio.es/mortero_mata_21cm.htm), Obus de Bronce de 21cm Plasencia modelo 1885/91 (http://www.amonio.es/obus_plasencia_21cm.htm), "Obus de bronce Mata de 15cm, modelo 1891" (http://www.amonio.es/obus_bronce_150_mata.htm) y el "Obus de bronce de 9cm, modelo 1891". This artillery material was designed for the Coronel Onofre Mata, too.
Greeting.

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Hello,

The Crown is the stamp of the "Pirotecnia Militar de Sevilla". The Royal Crown appears in fuzes manufactured in that Military Industry.

Look this link Pirotecnia militar de Sevilla : Artillería (1925) - Pirotecnia Militar de Sevilla. Catálogo general. Español (http://bibliotecavirtualdefensa.es/...32&tipoResultados=BIB&posicion=19&forma=ficha)


I found another fuze with numbering to 13, so this seems to be a Spanish fuze too?
Do you know the model of this?
 

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Hello,

Yes, that fuze is Spanish too. The official denomination is "Espoleta de tiempos de 13" modelo 1891" and it is also known as "Espoleta Krupp-Rubin". It is a variation of the Krupp fuze invented by the captain of the Swiss army and director of the Federal Laboratory in that country, Eduard Alexander Rubin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Rubin).
I attach mages of this fuze.
Greeting

Antonio


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Hi Antonio, thank you for this info, this helps me to get things straight.
Erhard
 
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