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I think you mean 16 cm. I would say it is a 15 cm Kanone from Krupp or Rheinmetall: http://www.landships.freeservers.com/15cm_feldkanone_ir.htm

But the combination is possible: http://cgi.ebay.de/Ordenspange-1-WK-TOP_W0...1QQcmdZViewItem

Nice to see an original one. I always loved the design of it with the anchor and chain.

16m? I need the inner diameter on top and the overall lenght.

Back of the Chevaliers:

Chevalier. Both have real good centers. The center of the right one has the Marianne and the flags on back extra attached, so 4 parts instead of 2!

Back:

2 x Officier and 2 x Chevalier. Is it possible to date these 4 french Legion d'Honneur? WW1, WW2, between the wars, after the 2. World War? Thanks!

Very nice example of this rarity. And my documents are correct with the blue "N". Thanks for showing.

Very beautiful EK!!! Congrats!

Back:

Here is my example of the Golden Honor Medal with Swords:

Compare with this posting here. The battle clasps were sold by another guy at ebay some months ago: http://www.militaria-fundforum.de/thread.php?threadid=67763

Just added some pictures from the Somme: http://www.altearmee.org

As long as your next car isn't a 7er BMW...

May I ask what you payed for it? And if you use shipping by ship (strange sentence)?

You bought only this part or a complete MG08?

Thats yours:

And here my new made repro-propellant discs (paper!). Made up in packages of three each. Thanks again for the picture of the original disc.

Thats normal for a LWMZ 2 fuse. You can attach a cap for night firing on top of it. So it is not possible to see the flame which is coming out of the gas vent of the fuse and makes it harder to find its firing position for the enemy. Here a pic of a LWMZ 2 similar to yours except the thread on top. There were two different methods to attach that night firing cap. Can you tell me more about the color of your Mine? Is it some kind of feldgrau and are there any markings on it? Could you post more pics of the complete shell? Thanks.

And no, you don't have to light it

Thanks Chip! A nice Nachrichtenmine you have there. This type is ultra rare!!! Your fuse is a LWMZ 2 btw. The late type in zink. When was it made? 1917?

Is there anything stamped on it and what is its diameter (disc and hole in the middle). Many thanks for showing it!!!

Chip, this IS indeed a disc of propellant. It is made out of smokeless NC powder, so you are right with (nitro)cellulose too. Very interesting! How many of them were inside of yours? If you light it, it will burn away quite slow btw.

And filled: