✅ SOLVED Found Fuze Era, Type, Make?

[mmoroz]

I found this about a week ago in Northern Va about a quarter mile away from a Civil War fort. The closest thing I've found on the web is a French Timed/Percussion fuze
Any one have any ideas
I'm a newbie so i hope ive done this correctly

 

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[mmoroz]

Her's another pic

 

[DCMatt]

Hmmm... Interesting. Never seen anything like that - artillery related or otherwise.

Can you tell me where you found the French percussion fuse information?

DCMatt

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

It is a World War One artillery shell fuze. An ex-Army friend of mine brought home several he dug on a French ZWW1 battlefield. I'm sure it's not a US one, and I don't have a match-up in my WW1 or WW2 British and German artillery fuzes database... so I suspect the ID you found for it being French is correct.

 

[mmoroz]

Aquachigger helped a lot!!!! It is a 1901 Frankford Arsenal 15 second combo fuse it was made in Philly and Phased out in 1904 found in northern VA Passion & Compassion 1914-1918 : WW1 militaria and technical documentation - artillery fuses

 

[DCMatt]

Cool! Now... Why was it in a field near Leesburg?

DCMatt

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Thank you for the ID-info, Mmoroz (and my friend Aquachigger). My database of World War One fuzes did not contain a 1901 fuze. I'll update it with the info.

 

[frijoles]

Hi guys, I wanted to update this page with some useful info. Firstly, this is not a French fuze, while it does mimic successful designs of the time from the French it is a U.S. produced shrapnel shell fuze, its style was first introduced in 1890s, but changes to it would occur as we progressed in the years. This is what one of the first ones looked like from 1891, yours is one of the later versions as seen by the difference in screw on cap, probably being the 1901 model referenced above. Awesome, awesome, awesome find I love this era of fuzes.