Rescued Shell Casing

[coastie]

Found this at an antique shop today. It has been previously been used as a flower pot. It measures about 6 inches across.

Here are pictures and the markings.

Edited August 26, 2007 by coastie

[coastie]

Base markings

[Tony]

Hello Coastie,

Yes it's German, Sp255 means inspection mark Karlsruhe (Sp=Spandau).

6" works out to about 15cm, here's one that we stumbled across the day before yesterday.

[Tony]

And again, only I don't know if this shell would have been used together with your case.

Tony

[coastie]

Thanks Tony, I confirmed that it's a tad over 6" in diameter or about 155 mm.

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think it could indeed be. The shell does not fit into the case, the shell goes into the artillery piece, then the charge, then the shellcase with detonator.

Best

Chris