An unknown cartridge found in waters off south coast (Dorset)
No info availible, would like some please.
dimensions 14mm wide at base height 77mm.
any help would be great.
An unknown cartridge found in waters off south coast (Dorset)
No info availible, would like some please.
dimensions 14mm wide at base height 77mm.
any help would be great.
Last edited by Adrian Stevenson; 03-24-2012 at 09:59 PM.
Looks like a French Lebell to me. Correct me if i'm wrong.
Hello
that's right, 8 mm Lebel
can you read the marks ?
cordially
Didier
how old?postwar?around edge looks like a 2 a 5 or s a 9 or 6 a number in front of an m and forgot to mention the head is coated in a gold type colour coating.dave
Last edited by moaning minnie; 03-18-2012 at 11:07 AM. Reason: add more info
Hi,
Nice old round, i have a lebell from W.W.1 i think they were used in both wars.
dave.
hi dave ye its pretty cool did lebell make postwar?how did it end up in the channel?dave.
Hello
more explanations here:
l'armement mondial, les cartouches
Didier
I wonder if its a souvenir, thrown overboard by a soldier on his way back to blighty
Hi,
this is an old Lebell round i got many years ago in london when i was a teenager, it is still my favourite round. They carved these to prey to in the trenches, i bet it could tell a good story if it could talk.
dave.
The round reads ART.U
12
AFT.r
Thats a nice item, I like the human touch, very poignant
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