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1918 Artillery Shell


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For detailed ID we need measurements. From what is pictured, a fired, dug relic jammed into an expended case. The rotating band should be sitting outside the case...bubba ruined that case by jamming the projectile in to far. Remove the projectile, check the base for a base fuze...it appears to be a solid shot, maybe even a WW2 75mm shot. Without seeing the driving band and base no idea or positive ID. As for being live, I would not be concerned at all, the case has been fired as is the relic projo.

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That is a German 7.7 cm artillery shell made in May 1918.

 

St means Strengthened Case

FN stand for Friedrich Niemeyer.

HL stands for Haniel Luege Düsseldorf, the brass factory.

27 is the inspection mark.

54 is the lot number.

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http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/313616-what-happened-to-this-37mm-shell/

 

Read down about half way,my illustration, inertia method, works every time.Be sure to show pics of the projo, it does not look like WW1 era to me, but if the base is very short ( little distance , around 1/2"...between the driving band and base- it is). WW1 projectiles were not loaded to WW2 velocities and not stuck in very far.

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