Hi all,
I'm hoping that someone trained in ancient projectiles can ID this one for me.
I have the possibility of buying the projectile that is shown in the attached pictures; I do not yet know the asking price, and I would need an ID first in order to see if it is interesting enough to acquire. The projectile is located in Japan, so acquisition and postage costs will be a killer. I shall only go for it if it's interesting enough, as it will otherwise become cost prohibitive.
Good, with that out of the way, I have just started checking some of the details. I have yet to ask for the dimensions, as well as the precise markings. From the pictures I seem to make out markings in three locations, being on the fuze, on the bottom of the projectile and right above the driving band. These markings appear to be Russian to me, but I am not certain. Especially the "YA" like markings on the fuze have a distinct Cyrillic feel to me. I looked up the Cyrillic alphabet, and these markings could then possibly read as "chede" or if they are numerals, they could represent respectively "90" and "4", which I then presume to be an indication of the year "(18)94".
The '3' like marking right above the driving band could possibly read as a Cyrillic 'Ze'. It can, of course, also simply be the number '3'.
The markings on the bottom are more difficult to make out; they appear to be Western numbers, but I really need a better picture to be sure.
Is the above (combined with the images) perhaps already sufficient for someone to ID it?
I am of course hoping that it is an ancient Japanese projectile, but I think it is more likely to be Russian (possibly brought back as a souvenir of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war).
Then, even if it is Russian it may of course still be of interest to someone else. Can someone tell me what a realistic maximum price is that something like this might cost, before it becomes cost-prohibitive?
Thanks in advance and cheers,
Olafo
I'm hoping that someone trained in ancient projectiles can ID this one for me.
I have the possibility of buying the projectile that is shown in the attached pictures; I do not yet know the asking price, and I would need an ID first in order to see if it is interesting enough to acquire. The projectile is located in Japan, so acquisition and postage costs will be a killer. I shall only go for it if it's interesting enough, as it will otherwise become cost prohibitive.
Good, with that out of the way, I have just started checking some of the details. I have yet to ask for the dimensions, as well as the precise markings. From the pictures I seem to make out markings in three locations, being on the fuze, on the bottom of the projectile and right above the driving band. These markings appear to be Russian to me, but I am not certain. Especially the "YA" like markings on the fuze have a distinct Cyrillic feel to me. I looked up the Cyrillic alphabet, and these markings could then possibly read as "chede" or if they are numerals, they could represent respectively "90" and "4", which I then presume to be an indication of the year "(18)94".
The '3' like marking right above the driving band could possibly read as a Cyrillic 'Ze'. It can, of course, also simply be the number '3'.
The markings on the bottom are more difficult to make out; they appear to be Western numbers, but I really need a better picture to be sure.
Is the above (combined with the images) perhaps already sufficient for someone to ID it?
I am of course hoping that it is an ancient Japanese projectile, but I think it is more likely to be Russian (possibly brought back as a souvenir of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war).
Then, even if it is Russian it may of course still be of interest to someone else. Can someone tell me what a realistic maximum price is that something like this might cost, before it becomes cost-prohibitive?
Thanks in advance and cheers,
Olafo
