Unkown Item In British Military collection

[khanmak]

Anybody any ideas what this item is? It is approx 90mm 3.6 inches in diameter. Hollow an inert. Has a steel plug which is inserted in to the base.

Currently residing in an official instructional collection.

Any help much appreciated!

Regards
Mark

 

[butterfly]

See this thread....... http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/79371-WW2-British-Thingy

I saw this post recently and it looks like it may be similar??

regards Kev

 

[Alpini]

it's a german WW1 9cm trench mortar shell for 9 cm Lanz and 9 cm Mauser mortar

 

[khanmak]

it's a german WW1 9cm trench mortar shell for 9 cm Lanz and 9 cm Mauser mortar

Guys, thanks for the posts. Kev the item in the post you kindly added is the top part of a 3" Mortar Smoke Round.

Does anybody have a picture/diagram of the 9cm Lanz/Mauser Mortar round?

cheers

Mark

 

[.*.*.]

Hi - I have a couple of pictures which you may find of interest - Please note these are not my pic's, just copied for my personal reference from various sources. Kind Regards WF

 

[khanmak]

Hi - yes this does look very similar! Any idea what it was?

 

[spotter]

in german but may be of use to you Mark

 

[khanmak]

Brilliant thanks Allan. thats fantastic!

Thanks to all again for help!