6 inch armour peircing shell

[satan18]

Hear is the next stage of my restoration of this Pre ww1 AP shell.
i could only go by reference from a friend,but hopefully ive got it somewhere near.
originally unearthed in a back garden in Gidea Park Romford one month ago,there was no
base plug and was totally empty except for snails,this was in an area that was a major
WW1 camp and training ground so chances are it was left over or discarded.

 

[butterfly]

similar in shape to a 50kg, there is no wonder you like these Phil!!

great also to have some history behind it, knowing exactly where it was found is wonderful.

Kev

 

[satan18]

Its 42 kg as it sits Kev so you can defo see the similaritys,but im heavily into British and German
projectiles now and have a few coming my way soon so looking forward to that.

This was just a bonus as i reckon it was a practise shell that was fired and used for training purposes

changing thread slightly i managed to get a y fuse this year which cheered me up big time,

and will cover that prety soon.


Best phil