Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

35MM EXPENDED

Date Range From

1914

Date Range To

1918

Materials

METAL

No. Pieces

3

Description

.1 16.8 CM LGTH X 12.3 CM DIA. 2 PIECES. METAL. 35 MM CARTRIDGE WITH BULLET. MARKINGS ON BOTTOM "M" TOPPED WITH A CROWN. "C/9798" "1901"III KARLSRUHE" "28" TWO SMALL IDENTICAL INSIGNIA. FLATTENED POINT ON PROJECTILE "SP181". PROJECTILE MISSING FOLLOWING LOAN 1991, SEE TRANSFER/LOSS/DISPOSAL REPORT. .2 9.8 CM LGTH X 12.3 CM DIA. 1 PIECE. METAL. 35 MM CARTRIDGE WITHOUT BULLET. MARKINGS ON BOTTOM "M" TOPPED WITH A CROWN. "VI PATRONENEABRIK 98" "KARLSRUHE 20 " 2 IDENTICAL SMALL INSIGNIA. "LIMELIGHT" AND "XMAS 1918" SCRATCHED INTO SIDE OF CARTRIDGE.

Subjects

ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

DONOR DONATED THESE ITEMS IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER, JAMES F. LOGAN, WHO WAS THE FIRST TO ENLIST WITH LETHBRIDGE'S 39TH BATTERY AT THE START OF WW1. HE WAS ALSO THE LAST MEMBER OF THE WARTIME 39TH BATTERY TO DIE, ONE DAY SHORT OF HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY.

Catalogue Number

P19860006000

Acquisition Date

1986-01

Collection

Museum

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