Bockscar
Well-Known Member
Over to the experts on this one.
I am posting this one up on behalf of a good friend of mine who has this item in his collection....sold to him as having been a relic from a v attack during the war and recovered then. The location and date of the event are clearly seen engraved on the item itself.
I reckon the item has been made into a desk paperweight with the addition of a wooden handle complete with the National Fire Service device let into the top. The part we are interested in is the steel base....it still carries some numbers and letters on the face and has various holes let into it, two of which would I think be for a tool to thread it into something else. The hole on the side is offset and goes all the way through...safety pin/wire maybe? The 3 numbers stamped on the base I think have a continental feel to them.
Im beginning to think perhaps a base fuse closing piece?
Look ok forward to hearing your ideas on this one, thanks.
Bockscar.
I am posting this one up on behalf of a good friend of mine who has this item in his collection....sold to him as having been a relic from a v attack during the war and recovered then. The location and date of the event are clearly seen engraved on the item itself.
I reckon the item has been made into a desk paperweight with the addition of a wooden handle complete with the National Fire Service device let into the top. The part we are interested in is the steel base....it still carries some numbers and letters on the face and has various holes let into it, two of which would I think be for a tool to thread it into something else. The hole on the side is offset and goes all the way through...safety pin/wire maybe? The 3 numbers stamped on the base I think have a continental feel to them.
Im beginning to think perhaps a base fuse closing piece?
Look ok forward to hearing your ideas on this one, thanks.
Bockscar.
