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manzolin

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Hello
bought in a flea market,weight nearly 5 kg,length cm.29,
marked: 39 310 51 m36 IV someone told me to be a target indicator for aerial bombing... any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
 

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This is not a part of ammunition or weapon.
This is a part from a wooden wheel of a pushcarts. The name in german is "Laufbuchse"....i dont no the name in english.
 
This is not a part of ammunition or weapon.
This is a part from a wooden wheel of a pushcarts. The name in german is "Laufbuchse"....i dont no the name in english.

Hello
thanks for your suggestion ,I know what do you mean but is not a part of pushcart's wheel,they are similar,but they do not have serial numbers,I am sure they are military stuff.
 
Hello Manzolin,

if it would be an ammunition part I am sure someone would have identified it ;-) I can also support @Rigbys identification these "bearings" show up regularly in german metal detector forums.

A similar one is offered in eBay:

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Wagen-Buchse...710741?hash=item5b21d63695:g:5vQAAOSwcBhWWEe-

The english nomenclature for this object could be "skein". A google image search shows many of them:

https://www.google.de/search?q=plai...VKMZoKHZoyCcUQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=wagon+skein

Skymarkers for marking aireal targets were made from thin and light sheet metal and not from heavy cast iron.
 
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Hello,
often confused in Italian forum but this is the right ID.
regards
 
Well
thanks to everybody,I think at this point that is not a military object ,the only thing are the serial numbers,if I found out the reason I will inform you.
regards
Manzolin
 
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