Question on 17cm Navy shell

[jozefb2009]

Hi,

Does anybody know the meaning of the letters E.G.Z. on the bottom of the 17cm Navy shell which is 105cm long.
Dated 1904.



Thanks,

Jf

 

[Chris]

Jozefb2009

Postel, Kurt, Spez. Fabrik f
Metallprazisionsguss
Koln-Hohenberg Hohenberger Str 24


Chris

 

[thekees]

I found the egz only on re-used cases, but do not know if that's always the case

Kees

 

[orpheus72]

Jozefb2009

Postel, Kurt, Spez. Fabrik f
Metallprazisionsguss
Koln-Hohenberg Hohenberger Str 24


Chris

Chris,

your manufacturer 'Postel, Kurt, Spez. Fabrik f' was the "egz" (3 letter code) from WW2...

Guess that's not the E.G.Z. on a 1904 Karlsruhe case

 

[Chris]

I rest my case:tinysmile_shy_t:

 

[arjen]

Hi Jozefb2009,

in this http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/70188-German-170X1050R-EGZ thread DM53 gives an explanation for this.
Hope it helps

Arjen

 

[thekees]

Arjen,

i know this option, but as always no prove for it. When cases were reloaded the were marked with a dot at the edge, sometimes with or without the year of reloading. However i have a 17 cm case without reloading marks, but with EGZ and otherwise arround. The same with the theory that it applies only for naval marked cases, i found one, marked Feb 2018 with a acceptance stamp of the army. so still confused, however knowing the Germans, there should be prove somehere on paper or whatever.

 

[Michel]

Although I am not sure I think the EGZ mark stands for Ergänzen I have put the English translation at the bottom the word splits into EGZ capitals. So complete/checked/repaired aka ergänzt. Only on ww1 cases, the reused cases in ww2 had there EGZ canselled out by stamping a horizontal strip true the EGZ capitals because the new munitions workers did not use this old mark anymore.

Übersetzungen Sie eine Sprache:
ergänzen

complete, to add, to complement, to complete, to eke, to recruit, to supplement, eke, supplement, add
er|gạ̈n|zen

ptp <ergạ̈nzt>