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Help to Identify 35MM Antique Shell Head Thanks
kemptvNS
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Looking to identify and if any value to this old shell mounted on this stone base. Hopefully inert? measures approx 35mm across base 3 5/16"long. thanks for any help
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Without the shell casing this is a long shot, but it looks like it might be a 37mm Hotchkiss round. If a Civil War battlefield pickup it may have had a percussion cap fuse. Later in the 1890s, Winchester produced the 37mm for the Army.
You have a fired 37 mm shell, WW1 vintage and if you had the casing it would worth around $ 40, as it sits $10. The front fuse after hitting an object is obliterated, you can look inside from the base and see if any residue is left. This is mine, unfired, solid iron base.