INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare British Boer War Period 1900 Dated 15Pr Erhardt Quick Fi INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare British Boer War Period 1900 Dated 15Pr Erhardt Quick Fi

INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare British Boer War Period 1900 Dated 15Pr Erhardt Quick Firing shrapnel shell. O 1472 - O 1472

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare original British Boer War period 1900 Dated shrapnel shell fired by a British Erhardt 15Pr Quick Firing gun. There are 28 groves in the driving band and the Erhardt gun used a separate loaded cartridge case. The 15 Pounder breach loading field gun has 18 groove rifling. The shell is stamped on the side 3/3/1900 (March 1900) 5/1900 (May 1900). The base is stamped 15Pr IV (15 Pounder mark 4) F S (Forged Steel) V(Vickers). The brass No. 56 time and percussion fuse is stamped 9/?0 R N EOC monogram (Elswick Ordnance Company). 686 . See Hogg British Artillery Weapons and Ammunition 1914 – 1914 pages 72-73. The projectile is in excellent condition and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. The price includes UK delivery. O 1472
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