Factory Cutaway 208 Mk 3 Mechanical Time Fuze

[Darren]

Latest addition to the fuze collection, cutaway 208 Mk 3 mechanical time fuze. The story is that this one was given to one of the Vickers factory workers as a gift when he finished his apprenticeship. Looks like it has been sat on a shelf for a number of years, ill give it a bit of a dust/clean when i get some spare time.

 

[Yodamaster]

Beautiful fuze !
Just a question : what's the meaning of the marking VAEL ?


Yoda

 

[Darren]

Beautiful fuze !
Just a question : what's the meaning of the marking VAEL ?


Yoda

Thanks Yoda,

I believe it means Vickers Armstrong Engineering Limited. Although I could be wrong?

 

[TimG]

Almost -

Vickers Armstrong, Elswick, Ltd.

TimG

 

[Darren]

Almost -

Vickers Armstrong, Elswick, Ltd.

TimG

Ah, thanks Tim for the info, that's great.