The antique and rustc items thread

[GQtdauto]

Makes me think that cabinet I rescued from the tip must be around the same vintage but all I had to do was give it a wipe over .

[threedogs]

Makes me think that cabinet I rescued from the tip must be around the same vintage but all I had to do was give it a wipe over .

Yeah Id put your cabinet at around 1920, I even have a "goes under"
to suit it, lol

[GQtdauto]

Start distilling tomorrow so hope to get a chance to take some pics of some bits and pieces for the thread .

[VK2FMIA]

This artillery shell has been sitting on our wall unit since I can remember, no one knew where it came from or who brought it home. After a bit of research I found that it was brought home by my uncle who had fought in France during World War 1 near the Somme River with the 33rd Battalion in August 1918.



The inscription says:

The Battle of Accroche Wood 8-8-18 Somme River Area



The markings on the shell:

PATR-FABR

AUG 1889

KARLSBRUHE

7

I take it the date of AUG 1889 was when it was made. Karlsbruhe was the factory in Germany where it was made. It would have taken a 40mm projectile but I can`t find out what artillery it was used in, maybe Anti Aircraft cannon.

I usually give it a clean on Anzac Day so I thought I would share it on here.

[threedogs]

Yeah correct 1889 was the build date my earliest is on 1927.
I found out what it was from the other day but have forgotten.
I think its a 5 lber, another I had made into a drinking mug
stays cold for eons.

What are the dimensions of the shell??
The Somme was a critical battle on the western front
lots of Aust lives lost..

[VK2FMIA]

Yeah correct 1889 was the build date my earliest is on 1927.
I found out what it was from the other day but have forgotten.
I think its a 5 lber, another I had made into a drinking mug
stays cold for eons.

What are the dimensions of the shell??
The Somme was a critical battle on the western front
lots of Aust lives lost..

Hey 3D, the shell is 120 mm high & 40 mm across. Just did a quick Google search & found out the shell was used in the Hotchkiss Gun as far back as the Boer War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun The projectile was filled with 28 ball bearings.

The 33rd Battalion took part in heavy fighting when the Australians counter-attacked at Hangard Wood on 30 March, before finally turning back the German attack on Villers-Bretonneux on 4 April.

In August, the Allies launched the Hundred Days Offensive – which ultimately brought about an end to the war. The 33rd was committed to the battle on 8 August, tasked with capturing Accroche Wood, which they did. My uncle was wounded in the battle, lived to make it home but died not long after from his injury.

[threedogs]

Hey 3D, the shell is 120 mm high & 40 mm across. Have been trying to find out what artillery the Germans where using, not many records of that about.

The 33rd Battalion took part in heavy fighting when the Australians counter-attacked at Hangard Wood on 30 March, before finally turning back the German attack on Villers-Bretonneux on 4 April.

In August, the Allies launched the Hundred Days Offensive – which ultimately brought about an end to the war. The 33rd was committed to the battle on 8 August, tasked with capturing Accroche Wood, which they did. My uncle was wounded in the battle, lived to make it home but died not long after from his injury.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...of_World_War_I
try this I have others
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C...ery_ammunition
this has pics

[VK2FMIA]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...of_World_War_I
try this I have others
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/C...ery_ammunition
this has pics

Found it 3D. Did a search for PATR-FABR. The 37mm cartridge is a German made canister shot http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol031fb.html used in the Hotchkiss Gun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun

Also known as a "Pom Pom"

[threedogs]

Found it 3D. Did a search for PATR-FABR. The 37mm cartridge is a German made canister shot http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol031fb.html used in the Hotchkiss Gun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotchkiss_gun

Also known as a "Pom Pom"

I think the Australian war memorial would love to have that on loan.
but its a family piece.

I have a 1913 German butcher bayonet traced it back to the western Front
from the battalion numbers stamped on the scabbard

just reading through that second link so believe mine to be from an 19 lber

[GQtdauto]

Not only an antique shop a war memorial too ! You certainly have a varied collection .