1" Pom Pom shell

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37patt

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Does anyone know the value of a British 1" pom pom cartridge?
I've got the case and projectile both in very good condition with the primer in place.
As they stand right now they are made up as candlesticks and I need to determine if they are more valuable as trench art (post war manufacture) or as just the cartridge.

Thanks for any help.
 
If this doesn't work I'll just have to forget the assistance from the forum as it's now been over an hour trying to get a picture somewhere useful to post here. Just to old for this S$^%&&*



 
Depends, recently saw some for 50-75$ a piece, I thought that was high, but that was what was being asked.
 
37patt said:
Many thanks to hunterinthewoods - decided to try again.

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hard to tell from the small pics but they look like 37/85 shells and if so, about 80 to 100 for the set. i've picked up intact singles at the shows for about 20 to 30$ each. they would be worth a bit more if they are engraved. if you take them off the base, you can see on the bottom if they are marked 37/85.

regards
 
Well, we're all learning how to be good little Dealers: how much you can get it for, how much you can sell it for, how much it's WORTH......

Has anybody thought to stop guessing and valuing long enough to MEASURE the things, just so you know WHAT you're dealing with?

One-pounder Maxim casing is 2.6 inches in length.

Hotchkiss 37/85 casing is 3.625 inches in length.

You don't have to take anything apart. Besides, that might ruin its value.

Now for the big question: are we dealing with 1 INCH ammunition or 1 POUND ammunition?????? The 37/85 was definitely a 37mm round, which is an inch and a HALF bore. (I have one on the table right now.) So was the Maxim Pom-pom round (which also is on the table): inch and a half, one POUND. REASON for this is the Hague Convention of 1899/1900 which forbade explosive projectiles UNDER 450 grams..... and a pound is just a hair over 454. USE during the Great War of the entire family of 37mm rounds as they existed at that time, was for AA, torpedo-boat and ATB artillery and for Trench Artillery. In all, a fascinating subject to learn about.

Full details can be found in the POCKET BOOK OF AMMUNITION - 1924. It is available for free download over at milsurps dot com.

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