DEACTIVATED INERT. French, WW1, Model 40-55 Mle 1880 Time & Percussion Nose Fuze for the 155 and 105mm Guns. - O 2175 DEACTIVATED INERT. French, WW1, Model 40-55 Mle 1880 Time & Percussion Nose Fuze for the 155 and 105mm Guns. - O 2175 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a French WW1, 1908 dated Model 40-55 Mle 1880 time and percussion nose fuse that was used on the French 155mm and 105mm guns. This is a large time and percussion nose fuze from a shrapnel projectiles and measures 5 ½ inches in length with a large diameter screw thread. The fuze is graduated on a spiral system from 0 to 49 on the spiral timing ring. This ring has cast into it Mle 80-M93 & ECP (Ecole Centrale de Pyrotechnie, Bourges) 208 40-55. Due to the condition of this fuze it would appear that it is a WW1 soldiers bring back souvenir. See French Military Weapons 1717 – 1938 by Major James E. Hicks. The price for this inert fuze includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert fuze in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2175