Firing unit from a German magnetic naval mine

[BavarianBear]

Hello everyone

I wondered if you could help me to understand more about something that I think is a firing unit from a German magnetic naval mine. It has been in my family since my Dutch grandfather obtained it from an airfield at the end of the second world war. I have been trying to work out what it is for some time and last night I found a photo at the Imperial War Museum that means I think it is a firing unit from a German magnetic mine and then I found this forum. It has SE ded-M-7592 marked on it which I've been trying to decode. There are also some initials inside and some writing on the outside. My son is doing a school project on world war 2 and is going to write about this

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205161458
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205161460

 

[Fusse2004]

I think it's from the LMB 1000.

 

[Fusse2004]

Teil 2.

 

[BavarianBear]

That's really useful Fusse, thank you. I will show these to my Dad. He remembers that it used to be part of a bigger structure that my Opa used to have. I wonder if that's the silver ring with the black section that you can see in some of these photos.

 

[Fusse2004]

jes !