Fuze ID please..

[CultOfOne]

Hi All

Picked up this fuze a couple of days ago, can anyone give me a positive ID, make or model number etc. I believe its Belgium but that's as much as I know.

Cheers

 

[collector]

You do seem to be correct, a Belgian fuze. They did not give any designnumbers to their fuzes.
Its a Krupp design fuze, based on the British number 80 fuze.
More info found here:
http://passioncompassion1418.com/decouvertes/fusees_collection_be.html

 

[Alpini]

Sorry, but this one is a Schneider fuze (like the belgian 54 hm graduated fuze too). Only the shape of the fuze looks like a Krupp fuze, inside it has Schneider mechanics. I am not sure if this one is belgian because the belgian type we know is graduated in hm but this one has a 28 sec. scale. Maybe someone knows more details?

The No.80 is just one of hundreds of fuzes which is based on Krupp Patents.

 

[MINENAZ16]

Hello Alpini,
Do you think the marking "SH" is for Schneider ?
Regards

 

[CultOfOne]

Not sure its "SH" MINENAZ16 I think its "SII" I'll try and clean it up a bit more and get a closer image.

 

[CultOfOne]

Definitely not "SH"


Also found another mark wile taking closeups, looks like "C+"

 

[MINENAZ16]

ok thank you

 

[John8]

Hi guy, is there by now more know about these 28sec and 58hm marked fuzes?
I had 9 (gave 1 away), so 8 left of these that were found on the same battlefield.

28 sec : Marked S- / C+
28 sec : Marked Si / C-
54 hm : Marked S+ / B= (in circle) / F- (in circle)
54 hm : all unreadable, but A (in cirle) on top
54 hm : Marked S+ / CA / BL (in circle) / DL (in cirle) on top
54 hm : Marked S" / C+ / B (in circle)
54 hm : Marked S+ / F+ / BL (in circle) / E (in cirle) on top
54 hm : Marked SI / F+ / G (in cirle) on top

 

[CultOfOne]

That's interesting John8, all from the same battle field, that would indicate to me that the Belgium's were using both 28sec & 54hm fuzes. As fare as I've been able to find out, apart from the timing marks both fuzes are exactly the same.