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Found this today at a war of 1812 site it's 15.1 mm. Looks like a bomb to me, what do you think?
 

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It does look like a bomb with flames coming out of the top.
 
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The use of the ''shell and flame'' by the Ordnance Corps dates back to 1832

Will update once I date that design
 
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The US used many very similar disigns especially around the time of WW1.
 
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