Wooden time fuze ????

[spotter]

approx 9.5cm long is this a wooden time fuze,,i can just see some remains of numbers ,these dont show on the photo as they are very faint

 

[spotter]

 

[spotter]

 

[Madbomber31]

Its for this one Spott.

Cheers Mad B)

 

[spotter]

sorry been thick mad but what is it a cannon ball,,grenade ??

 

[tigbrand]

Hi Spot looks like a wooden Boxer type fuse,you would open a flash hole to give you a set burn time.Used with muzzle loading ammo(as far as i know).Quite scarce,Tony.

 

[Madbomber31]

It's a hollow cannon ball fild with black powder

don't think off the worth for it right now. :S :blush:

Cheers Mad :dry:

 

[spotter]

again thanks lads ,,and again pity its relicy

 

[roller63]

Maybe it once looked like this ?

 

[spotter]

Thats the fella ,can just see traces of red as well on the one i posted

 

[roller63]

Boxer Wooden Time Fuse

 

[spotter]

Yes seem to remember posting colour picture of these on here a while ago now

 

[waffenamt]

How old are these fuzes?

waff

 

[roller63]

Not my field but I think they date from the late 19th/early 20th century. The drawing I found was from 1895. Tony.

 

[tigbrand]

See, Hogg, History of ammo.Tony.