German sea-mine fuze?

[waffenamt]

Once again chaps i am going to pick your brains?
I am led to believe that this is from a sea-mine of sorts?
To me it looks like something from a lamp-post,but hey!,i may be wrong!:laugh:
here goes..

 

[waffenamt]

Close up of the markings.
I cant find a waffenamt stamp(i have seen one other example with it though).
Im told that this one is for kriegsmarine(hence `M`) and the Luftwaffe ones carried an `L`(which i also have seen one)

any help please?

cheers

waff

 

[waffenamt]

And the back....

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi waff
The item is indeed from a German Mine its a arming delay clock ? which arms the mine
Regards
Steve (Fuzeman)

 

[waffenamt]

Yay!,

how come i cant seem to find a waffenamt stamp though yet ive seen an example with one?

cheers

waff

 

[waffenamt]

Has anyone got a reference picture of one of these fuzes or the mine it was attached to please?

best

waff

 

[Ammodillo]

maesurements (in Inches please) would be handy..

However i think it's an Arming Clock type UES 1 or 2

 

[Ammodillo]

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[Ammodillo]

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[Ammodillo]

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[waffenamt]

Excellent AD!

the fuze is 41/2 inches in diameter.
def ww2 german then?,plus what does UES stand for please?

TIA

waff

 

[waffenamt]

The starting rod is on a spring that pushes in and out.

waff

 

[Ammodillo]

UES = Uhrwerkseinschalter - Clockwork Arming Device

 

[waffenamt]

Nice one!,
my only concern was the lack of a waffenamt stamp.
I have seen another example with an `L` instead of my one with `M`.
I saw one other which had the waff stamp on the metal ring where the other writing is.
Ive just give mine a light once over with very fine wire-wool and wd40 but cant find the stamp.

cheers

waff

 

[Ammodillo]

why is that stamp so important to you?

It does not make this particular piece of
munition technique less interesting..

 

[waffenamt]

It proves to me that its indeed wartime german.Thats all i try to collect.
plus im a big fan of those little eagles hence my screen-name!
cheers

waff

 

[spotter]

Is this same as yours waff on ebay item no 320189577567 only 215 buy now

 

[waffenamt]

Wow!,that looks the same as my one but without the plexi-glass cover.
It looks like the one my pal traded at the Beltring show.

I paid 80 for my one.

cheers for the link mate.


waff

 

[waffenamt]

I feel like writing to the seller about his crazy price for that fuze.:angry:


waff

 

[waffenamt]

I see the seller has dropped the price to 195.

i just emailed him to say its a 100 too much.
whats the guess he/she tells me to shove off??:laugh:

waff