help Identifying this thing?

[rci2950]

It is 2.5 inches wide and 14 inches long. Dated 1936. Does anyone know what it is?

 

[saskminer]

Rusty smoke flare

 

[37patt]

Incendiary bomb as dropped from aircraft. Could be German WWII but not sure without doing some research.

 

[mark k]

WW2 German incendiary bomb.

 

[CV32]

It is 2.5 inches wide and 14 inches long. Dated 1936. Does anyone know what it is?

It is a WWII era Luftwaffe incendiary bomb ('brandbombe'), likely one of the B-1 series 1 kg devices, which were typically magnesium/thermite.