Boer war shells

[Tomas]

Hello Gentlemen

I have these shells from the Boer war.When I bought them I also got two old labels that says that the right one has been used by the Boer`s and the left one by the Britsh,and they have been picked up and brought home by a Swedish missonary

Does any one know what kind of shells they are?

Tomas

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[leigh kitchen]

Not really useful, but I thought I'd post this little group of "scraps" from the time.........

Edited February 13, 2010 by leigh kitchen

[Chris Boonzaier]

I think both are British made, although maybe captured and used by the Boers.

Very typical of the Boer war stuff I had as a kid in South ASfrica.

[Mervyn Mitton]

I think we will find the one on the left is a German or, French 15 cm. shell used by the Boers. I will check tomorrow.

The one on the right looks loke a British ( has the Board of Ordnance Broad Arrow) shell and probably a shrapnel one that had balls inside.

Edited February 14, 2010 by Mervyn Mitton

[Mervyn Mitton]

Tomas - I am enclosing two photos of shells from the Boer War. Thay have different drive bands to the ones you show - so, I am wondering if they are both French or, German. The main artillery piece that the Boers had was the Crousot - from France - however, most of their artillery and ammo. was from Germany. I am enclosing a photo and details of the Crousot and if either of your cases matches the diameter then it is for this gun. The alternative is that the shells are for the British 12lb. and 15 lb. shrapnel ammo..

Edited February 21, 2010 by Mervyn Mitton

[Mervyn Mitton]

The photos are from '' The Hall Handbook of the Anglo Boer War '' by Darrell Hall.

I regard this as one of the top ref. books for statistics on the Boer War - for both sides.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Mervyn Mitton