Hi,
I am a new member and am thoroughly enjoying the wealth of knowledge that is passed between members on the site.
I wonder could anyone help me identify an artefact that has been in my family for a long time.
It was given to my father when he was a boy during the 1940s, to be used as a money box. You can see where a slot has been cut to put the money in. He was told it had been brought back from the Great War by an uncle and it was always called ‘the shell’. I have trawled through ammunition manuals but have not been able to identify what it is, though the tapered section and thread might take a 2in threat on a fuse.
It is made from steel, turned and has a slight taper (approx. 0.5mm) along the cylindrical length. It has a wall thickness of about 5mm.
Overall length: 154mm (6.062in)
Length of cylindrical section: 140mm (5.511in)
Outside diameter cylindrical section behind the tapered flange: 60mm (2.362in)
This decreases along the cylindrical section and near rounded end diameter is: 59mm (2.322in)
Outside diameter of tapered flange: 80.5mm (3.169in)
The surface on the base is worn but there a faint marking possibly “M.” though this could be an N or a H.
The lid may not have belonged to it originally. This is brass, has been cast and machined with the equivalent of a BSW thread, 7/16in 14tpi, outside diameter 2-inch.
Brass lid diameter: 60mm – very worn
Thread diameter: 50mm (possibly 2-inch) BSW 7/16in 14tpi
Undercut behind thread: 46.5mm
Square recess: approx. 14mm (9/16in)
Any suggestions as to what this is will be greatly appreciated.
I am a new member and am thoroughly enjoying the wealth of knowledge that is passed between members on the site.
I wonder could anyone help me identify an artefact that has been in my family for a long time.
It was given to my father when he was a boy during the 1940s, to be used as a money box. You can see where a slot has been cut to put the money in. He was told it had been brought back from the Great War by an uncle and it was always called ‘the shell’. I have trawled through ammunition manuals but have not been able to identify what it is, though the tapered section and thread might take a 2in threat on a fuse.
It is made from steel, turned and has a slight taper (approx. 0.5mm) along the cylindrical length. It has a wall thickness of about 5mm.
Overall length: 154mm (6.062in)
Length of cylindrical section: 140mm (5.511in)
Outside diameter cylindrical section behind the tapered flange: 60mm (2.362in)
This decreases along the cylindrical section and near rounded end diameter is: 59mm (2.322in)
Outside diameter of tapered flange: 80.5mm (3.169in)
The surface on the base is worn but there a faint marking possibly “M.” though this could be an N or a H.
The lid may not have belonged to it originally. This is brass, has been cast and machined with the equivalent of a BSW thread, 7/16in 14tpi, outside diameter 2-inch.
Brass lid diameter: 60mm – very worn
Thread diameter: 50mm (possibly 2-inch) BSW 7/16in 14tpi
Undercut behind thread: 46.5mm
Square recess: approx. 14mm (9/16in)
Any suggestions as to what this is will be greatly appreciated.
