Is this part of an anti-aircraft shell? ID Confirmed shell

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Is this part of an anti-aircraft shell? ID Confirmed shell

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Hi folks.....to you ordnance experts, Im thinking this is part of a shell, is the white stuff phospherous? and which part of the shell would this be......detonator? I take it that if it is a shell it is made of brass?

Found this about 10 inches down on stubble today......thanks s;..
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British Anti-Aircraft No.199 Fuze ::g ::g ::g made in September 1938 ::g
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Here you go ::g

You have a top and bottom ring section ::g

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sado_81 wrote:British Anti-Aircraft No.199 Fuze ::g ::g ::g made in September 1938 ::g
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Nice one.... thanks Sado81....there was an anti-aircraft battery close by to our permission during the second world war, about 3-4 miles as the crow flys. Guess these could have been fired from there as the Luftwaffe were making there way to Liverpool. Previous post/ topic gives some good detail thabk you.
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Dave8472 wrote:Here you go ::g

You have a top and bottom ring section ::g

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Thanks Dave much obliged for coming back to my post.....I have found quite a few pieces of these shells s;..
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My first ordnance find was one of these ::g

Sometimes they have the alloy cone still on :)

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