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French fuze

French WW1 ‘25/31 beehive‘ time fuze, has a lead cover before use. In simple terms, Tear off the cover, prick the point that you want the time train to start burning - through those little holes you can see. on firing, the black powder time train starts burning until it reaches the detonator which sets off the exploder.
 
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