Interesting German Fuse mounted for display

[Birdseye]

Picked this up ages ago at a gun show. The fuse is marked

Dopp.Z.K/91.
J
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Looks like the timing adjustment bit. The interesting part of this is the inscription on the bottom of the mount:

19. - 31. Mai 1913.
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Grafenwohr



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Perhaps this is a memento of the development or testing of something or other or perhaps it is a drinking prize.

The timing marks go from 4 to 44.

Anyway, an a piece of history, now if I only knew what that history was.

 

[Weasel]

Hi Birdseye,
I have found a page for you with some info on the fuze. The one in the photographs does not have the letter K in it, although the drawing does. Hope this is usefull to you.
Regards Weasel.



http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/decouvertes/english_fusees_collection_all.html#DoppZ91

 

[Birdseye]

Nice site, thank you.

 

[lcn]

Hi
We find two letters K on the German fuzes
1 Doppz K /91 = Karttsche = Grapeshot (shrapnel)
2-Doppz 92 f15 cm K = Kanone = gun
Furthermore J indicate the manufacturer = Ingolstadt arsenal
au revoir
Jean paul

 

[Birdseye]

Great information, thanks.

I noticed that in the grooves for the spanner to tighten the fuse there are other marks:


Wd

and on the other is

95

Is the "95" the year of production?

What then is "Wd"

 

[lcn]

Hi
Sd is a mark of control
95 the date of the lot
I found on one Doppz C/93 the mark Sd and 97

au revoir
Jean paul

 

[waffenamt]

Great pictures there!.
I do like close up shots.

best

waff

 

[lcn]

Hello Waff
These pics are not of me I found them on a site, they just serve me for illustrating my comment
au revoir Jean Paul

 

[ehre_treue]

Grafenwohr is a military base in Germany. Now owned and run by the U.S. army. Your fuze was more than likely a gift to a german service member after he left the military. You see these pieces often. It falls under the collector category trench art.

 

[dano1917]

Nice mounted fuze Birdseye. The Dopp 91's are nice....Dano