help i have a ww1 artillery shell i think

[billy-cu]

hi there and thanks for taking the time to look and maybe help me out
i have 2 artillery shells that i believe to be ww1
they have both been emptied and used as ornaments for years
id really like to no more about them and to no if they have any value

one has on:
q . f . 13 Pr
1
F S
K
13.3.06

the other has:
Q. F 13 Pr
1
FS
P.CO
6/1906

heres a few pics



Thank you for any help you can give me

 

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[Dug]

hi there and thanks for taking the time to look and maybe help me out
i have 2 artillery shells that i believe to be ww1
they have both been emptied and used as ornaments for years
id really like to no more about them and to no if they have any value

one has on:
q . f . 13 Pr
1
F S
K
13.3.06

the other has:
Q. F 13 Pr
1
FS
P.CO
6/1906

heres a few pics

View attachment 1132684View attachment 1132685View attachment 1132686

Thank you for any help you can give me

How do you know they have been emptied, including the nose fuzing? The sabot band exhibits signs that the round has been fired out a rifled barrel.

 

[ivan salis]

British QF (Quick Firing) 13 lb 'er World War 1 era shell --- 1st shell made 13 day . 3rd month of 1906 --- 13 3 06 (European dating) --second shell made 6th month of 1906

the K and P CO. are most likely the artillery batteries it belonged to ...


the 1 and fs are the adjustable amount of time delay ( 1 min) / the type of shell it was

 

[billy-cu]

How do you know they have been emptied, including the nose fuzing? The sabot band exhibits signs that the round has been fired out a rifled barrel.

they come from my great grandad and he was an explosives expert (not to sure how or what he dun) in ww1 they have been passed down since from him i cant be 100% sure the fuse isn't live i no the cap is broken off on one but i no they kept them in there house to keep things inside from what i remember been told by my dad the reason im looking for info on them is that my dad died a few years ago and i got them and id never got any info on them from him other than they useto stand on his grans fire place when he was a kid (1950s)

 

[billy-cu]

also forgot to say the tops both screw off them to reveal the inside of the main shell part

 

[deldave]

Don't know very much about those shells but your photo does help me identify something I find quite often on the Delaware shore. I think this is part of a shell. Aluminum with threads and some kind of calibration ring marked in degrees.

 

[ivan salis]

yardage timer ... to air burst a shell -- after it goes so far ..