37mm for id please

[albrown]

This has been on another site for a few weeks now..its 37mm x100mm and weighs approx 1lb can anyone positively identify it ,country of origin etc..it has no stampings visible anywhere......thanks allan

[genkideskan]

Russia and Japan used brass rotating bands

[x]

Allan, do you have a good side view of the projectile for us?

[albrown]

Hello X and everyone else ,thanks for the input so far,,i have requested more photographs and i will post them if and when i get them.............thanks again allan

[albrown]

side view as requested

[x]

It looks like an early Hotchkiss shell. Hard to say who made or used it. I just wonder if it is a HE shell which in absence of the fuze has received a decorative self made nose to go as a desktop ornament.

[Munfrosch]

gabs bei den franzosen denn kein üb? war mein erster gedanke

[albrown]

Can anyone confirm or un-confirm this possible id i may have made for this round..French 37X95 Hotchkiss Round BASE fuzed..The base shows an area that appears to have had the base fuze removed and a steel plug inserted to blank it off(see earlier photo of base)..the attatched picture shows the same type of round that has been fitted with a later naval impact fuze(for sale at JC MILITARIA)

[Alpini]

my opinion: 3,7 cm shell of The Netherlands, may be a training shell with fuze plug or a self made plug like "x" said...

The shell on the lower picture seems to be the live variant, also from The Netherlands.