WW1 Brass 18 Pounder Internals including inert Artillery Fuse 85 (D4)

This is a WW1 British No. 85 brass fuse along with the internal pipe and base sourced from the Somme region in France. This brass fuse has been fired so will show impact damage. This little piece of history would make an unusual paperweight as it weighs a hefty 1.2kg or would be a great gift for a militaria collector. Relics from WW1 are still being found today, even over 100 years later, by farmers across the Battlefields of the Somme. It has the pinking caused from age; as brass corrodes, it can undergo dezincification, a process in which zinc is lost and copper is left behind. This causes the brass to turn a pink colour in places. 
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unpackaged weight 1.2kg
height approx 25cm

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