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Description: | White metal probable shrapnel fragment. A fragment from a hollow cylindrical object with an estimated diameter of 100mm, and with one flat end and smooth outer surface. The inner surface appears as if gouged and the other sides are broken in an angular fashion indicating it has been subjected to enormous, probably explosive, force. This is probably from a shell fired by one of the numerous heavy anti-aircraft batteries which defended the Humber region during the Second World War. Suggested date: Modern, 1939-1945.Length: 29mm, Thickness (wall of cylinder): 10.6mm, Weight: 19.27gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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