Large canon round German

[GeorgeCL]

Heres a piece my parents have been using as an umbrella stand for about 30 yrs now.

Stande approx.27" tall but as you can see its squashed down a bit, and the bottom is approx. 7" accross

Was this for a navel ship or what?

I have no idea, its been around so long we forgot about it .

This weekend i was help my Mother with some house cleaning and there it was.

What do you guys think?

George

[Daniel Murphy]

Nice German WW1 case. If it is naval it would have a crowned M on the base. Possibly for a long range railway gun or such. Just love trench art.

Dan Murphy

[GeorgeCL]

Thanks Dan,

I forgot about those crown M's.

Does anyone have a picture of the type of Gun used?

Thanks

George

[JensF.]

What is the exact lenght and inner diameter in cm?

[GeorgeCL]

Hi Jens,

I'll remeasure in the next few weeks.

Wont be going over there for a couple weeks..

Thanks

george

[JensF.]

My first idea is the huge "15 cm Kanone". But we have to know if there are navy stamps (crowned "M") on the bottom.

[GeorgeCL]

Hi JensF,

Sorry it took so long to get the correct measurement

Across the bottom allowing for the base overlap was 16mm

No other marking than already posted.

Thanks

george

Edited July 23, 2006 by GeorgeCL

[JensF.]

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

[GeorgeCL]

Hi JensF

16MM.X685MM

7"X27"

the 27 " height is approx. because of the crushing

Thats about the best i can do..

Thanks

Again

George

[JensF.]

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

[GeorgeCL]

Thanks jens.

Yes CM's

I must be brain dead this week..

Its 110 degrees the past 3 days here..

I'm going to stay inside and drink beer now..

George

[JensF.]

110 Fahrenheit? WOW! We have 100 here in Germany which is still too much.

[GeorgeCL]

It's been terrible

Still 95 at 12 midnight last nite.

George

[JensF.]

I think thats normal for California, but not for Germany. They call it already the "summer of the century" here.

Btw. I have a lot of material about shells, fuses etc. from WW1, but nearly nothing about shell cases and their size. If someone here is reading this, who has more informations, please let me know. I only have infos about the "basic" and most common types (Feldkanone, Haubitzen, M?rser etc.). Thanks!

[JensF.]

That should be yours (full lenght without the crushing):

155 mm x 725R 15 cm Kanone 16