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Another object to identify…..please

Good Morning All,

Another identity puzzle.

This was picked on the beach in Kent just recently, I have no idea what it is but I assume that it is Aviation, Marine or possible Armament related. The only markings are the date 1944 and 29 and 17 (or 1Z) and a W. It is made of an aluminium alloy.

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By: Enfield1940 - 9th April 2016 at 22:39

Having some informal knowledge of ordnance, it reminds me of a fuze pocket transit plug.

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By: piper28 - 9th April 2016 at 21:55

It has NO 28 and what appears to be IZ,and would appear to have been painted red overall.

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By: piper28 - 9th April 2016 at 16:23

I found one of those at Wickenby in the mud ,it does not have the long cylindrical part however,I will check it out this evening and report back with markings,the Z does seem familiar however.

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By: sCOTT bROOKES - 9th April 2016 at 15:55

I think it’s the lower portion of a british bomb pistol. Z denotes a zinc base material. Having another look, it may be an exploder pocket which the bomb pistol screws into.

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By: Trolly Aux - 9th April 2016 at 13:58

‘Z’ could be the German word Zünder (fuze)

and if it is ‘ZT’ or ZtZ – Zeitzünder (time fuze)

and from memory I think there is a German No29 fuse but I could be completely wrong which at home seems to be on a daily basis.

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By: QuePee - 9th April 2016 at 13:45

Thanks for the comments so far. I have managed to get some more photographs of the markings, not sure if they will help or not, their quality is not too good. Anyway here thy are.

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By: Otter - 8th April 2016 at 21:44

Big, fuse pocket of some species maybe ?

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By: Arabella-Cox - 8th April 2016 at 21:29

Looks like a pivot bolt. Not armament.

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By: QuePee - 8th April 2016 at 13:55

Yeah I thought it may be something along those lines. Out of my depth though.
I actually don’t have possession of the item but I will see if can get some pictures of the markings incase that helps.

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By: Trolly Aux - 8th April 2016 at 12:15

Looks to be a use/primer of some kind could be good to see the head stamps

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