Greetings All
Picked up this piece of WW2 flak shrapnel that was found in a tool box aboard a RCAF 405 Squadron Halifax on its return from a raid on the Rhur in the summer of 1944. I found it in Alberta.
Somebody made it into a paper weight and attached a solid 20mm shell of some type. It is 78.6mm long and is about 19mm wide with the 6mm wide copper band about 20.4mm wide. From the base of the band it is 14mm to the shell base.
No fuse is present and it looks solid so ... practice round??. Cannot find any markings on it.
Just curious if it is German or allied. Perhaps the chap picked it up during the war and decided to add it to the flak fragment.
Any help would be appreciated.
Best Regards
Rob
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