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Fuze part ??

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British_Collector

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Today I found this and the Sten mp part in a british ww2 foxhole.

But What is this brass thing ???
 

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hangarman said:
Naval mine horn???
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Certainly has the visible characteristics of a hertz horn - perhaps the missing top section was lead construction?

Here's an example of a British mine horn.

If it is a naval mine horn, why was it buried in a fox hole? (was the fox hole near a beach?)

Cheers

BTW - I'm wondering what the "MR 4069" scratched onto the body means?
 

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It looks similar to but not quite the same as the No 281 (which would have been stamped on the body) base fuze / tracer as used in 2 Pr.
 
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