Name these milsurp items! Updated with new pics post#11

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With the passing of my grandfather this year I inheritted all his old milsurp from the war (and afterwards).
Here are a couple of pieces that I'd like to share in order to get an accurate ID of the items.
As time goes on I'll post more treasures:)
****DISCLAIMER**** All of the ordanance pictured have been deactivated:canadaFlag:

Please help ID if you can. I know the history on the bayonet but I thought I'd share anyways

Pic 1
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Pic 2
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Pic 3
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Pic 4
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Pic 5
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Pic 6
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Thanks for looking:)
 
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I'll play!

1. Scope
2. Bayonet
3. Shell
4. Shell
5. Shell
6. Hand Grenade

RIGHT ALL SIX TIMES!!! Wooo Hooo! What do I win :D


joking aside, nice collection of cool artifacts. Wish I could help you with your search for knowledge.
 
No4 I would guess as some sort of a British HESH round
No5 Guessing as either an 88 or 105mm round with a point-detonating fuze. (hard to judge size)

All appear to be in great condition and unfired judging by the driving band. Quite a nice little collection you've got yourself!
 
Wow thanx for all the help ID'ing and all the interest shown in the items so far.
I should've mentioned right off the bat that I'm not interested in selling any of the items as they all have sentimental value:)

Now for some requested info:
As far as I can tell the scope is marked
Tel STG No 32 Mk1
HSMC 0S466A (This was hard to make out, stamping was poor)
Reg No. 5729

As for the sword bayonet
It is stamped on the spine
Mre d'Armes de Tulle 1883
Info can be found here http://arms2armor.com/Bayonets/fren1874.htm

As I mentioned, I have more items as part of this collection that I'll add over the next couple of weeks:cheers:
 
Yes, the scope is the # 32 telescope for such as the #4 Lee Enfield sniper rifle. The bayonet and hand grenade have been named but the arty projectiles have markings on them to help ID them. If you list them it will help. Even the smallest marking matters. Even on the bottom.
 
browningautorifle said:
Yes, the scope is the # 32 telescope for such as the #4 Lee Enfield sniper rifle. The bayonet and hand grenade have been named but the arty projectiles have markings on them to help ID them. If you list them it will help. Even the smallest marking matters. Even on the bottom.
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yes the markings on the bottom of the shells would be very helpfull as well as some measurements of the shells diameters.
 
Additions and updates

Here are a couple more items plus some updates:

Pic #4 has on the side 40mm MK10, feels like its filled with sand (practice round?) and has SXISA stamped on the bottom

Pic #5 has 40mm stamped on it and then AG24967BS

Here are the new items

Pic #7
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Pic#8
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Pic#9
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Pic#10 Flag measures 70cm X 90cm
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Pic #11
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Hope you enjoy!:canadaFlag:
 
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:redface:Oh man, only 40mm I was a little off on the size...

As for the new pictures, the first two are timed-det fuses.

Picture 8: Cap badges, top left is an old general infantry badge, top right medical corps, bottom right intelligence, bottom left artillery

Picture 9 is a really nice Lorne Scots cap badge
 
Dimensions would be most useful. Knowing some of the provenance would, too.

#3 appears to say, "3 PR". If so, it is very likely a 47mm shell from a Royal Navy 3-Pounder cannon. They used a couple of different types and some got passed to the British Army.
 
#7 are British No. 400 igniferous time artillery fuzes. When fired, a train of black powder inside them burned at a steady rate until it ignited the shell they were screwed into, the intent being to get airbursts. The time to ignition was adjusted by turning the nose, which changed the length of the BP train.

Your cap badges are all with a King's Crown. They are all pre-1952 or so. A badge collector could tell you more.
 
As all have eluded to pic 5 appears to be a 40mm bofors projectile. i have one here and it too looks identical. The belt links appear to be 8mm for one of the German MGs.

If you carefully remove the white paint from the M36 grenade you may find original paint. Thast would make it worth quite a bit.
 
MG-34 and MG-42 used the same belts. Fifty-round lengths which could be clipped together to produce a 90,000-round burst any time you wanted. Starter tab for the beginning. As the belt went through the gun, the rounds were stripped out and fired; belt fell apart into 50-round lengths so the gunner didn't have yards and yards and yards of belt hanging out of the thing when he wanted to move it: a problem with the old cloth 250-round belts as for the Maxim '08 series. This is 34/42 belt, still works with the MG3 series.
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No. 6 looks like a 3" anti aircraft shell. I've got one that looks identical except for the fuse cap. Mine appears to be made from tube, with the base cap welded in.

Grizz
 
And the mills bomb is a practice grenade. (Painted white with holes in the side) And the striker is either missing or it has been fired and that bit is inside the grenade.
 
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