Is there a way you can send to my e-mail a photo of this - the initials may stand for the manufacturer, the numbers may be the size of the ammo - thats why I would like to look at it, if possible - can you tell me in inches what your mm might be - is there anything stamped on the bottom of the casing - that may tell the size delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Holkham" <Holkham@compuserve.com> To: "GreatWarList" <GREATWAR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:45 AM Subject: [GREATWAR] Somme bullet | To: Great War List | Re: Somme bullet id | | Can someone help with this please? I have been given a bullet casing found | on the Somme (where my grandfather fought with the 19th Manchesters). | | On the base are several numbers and letters. Looking at it as a circle, in | an arc at the top are the letters I A R T D I, and in an arc at the bottom | the letters E B S I. Separating these two arcs on the right are the numbers | 02 or 92 horizontally together, and on the left what look like the numbers | 1 (with a tail as in continental writing style) and possibly 2 (or it may | be a Z). | | The casing looks to be about 12mm across at the base, narrowing gradually | at first then more so in the top 10mm, and about 50mm total length, with | the opening at the top about 8mm in diameter. | | I'm guessing it's French or German but have no experience of these things. | | Also found in the same area were several small, heavy ballsabout 12mm in | diameter which look like grape shot. Would this be the case, or could they | be musket balls perhaps from an earlier conflict? | | Thanks and best wishes, | | Tony Holkham | Researching 19th Manchesters PALS (Cpl Ernest Briggs) | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |