Trench Art - Artillery Shell Fuze Cover
- Category
- Ammunition Miscellaneous
Trench art-esque style militaria conversation piece. A British Fuze cone cover No. 198 centered between triangulated British .303 cartridges; two of them are marked 1944 DI Z (Canadian Industries Ltd.) but unfortunately, one of the .303 British (Dominion) cases has been used in place of one of the aforementioned types of case and a dummy wooden bullet nestled in place of the real one has been used. Easily replaced with an inert cartridge of the era. There are brass retaining screws through the hardwood base securing the drilled out brass cases. The No. 198 was a standard time combustion fuze and was used for naval star shells that were first made in 1925 with production continuing through the entirety of WW2. The threads on the fuze cover are perfect and thus, this piece would be a worthy acquisition for someone restoring a shell and fuze. Nice little piece for the desk in the den, on a book shelf or to set your crystal ball atop to gaze into the not so distant future to see the ammunition production plants fire up again for the next phase of the old players game of world war creeping our way. This weighs under the 500 gram limit for letter mail shipping so if broken down with all the screws removed and packed well in an envelope, it'll only be about $5 to ship. Last I saw, a complete No. 198 fuze and cover were north of $200, this is a deal for a collector looking for the cover component to complete a fuze. $40