mystery item from the old airfield

[Qball]

Hit the airfield today for a couple of hours and found this cast iron weight. It is about 4" in diameter and has a set screw in the barrel to attach it to a pole of some kind. The item is solid and weighs about 5 pounds. Any of you ww2 buffs have any idea what it might be? Thanks Q

 

[PeteWmass]

a bell(?)...like the kind they ring at a boxing match - big clacker hits the side of that thing....

 

[cti4sw]

Agreeing with Pete, but a step further...maybe an old air raid siren?

 

[americanzero]

It makes me think of a big clock pendulum

 

[Qball]

I am thinking this may have been a counter weight for the landing gear from an early military aircraft or one of the counter weights on a large steam type tractor it is about 1 1/2" thick and 4" round and solid Iron or steel.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Top to an old flag pole ?

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Qball]

maybe even a weight for the bottom of a flagpole?

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Unique item, and the twenty is for size comparison?

 

[PeteWmass]

yeah...or at the mess hall..pull the cord..ding ding ding...or an alert....what does the other side look like.....

 

[Qball]

obverse is the same, This is not a bell. I think this is a flagpole counter weight for a military honor guard or drill team, The weight is correct but the modern versions fit inside an aluminum pole the older version fits over the end of a wooden pole.