his is an original British wartime artillery fuze, pattern No. 208 Mk V, offered here in totally inert condition and safe for collection and display.

A fuze is not a bomb and not the explosive part of a shell. It is the trigger mechanism that once controlled when an artillery shell would function after being fired. This example has no explosive content and is preserved purely as a piece of historical ordnance hardware.

The fuze shows clear period markings, including the pattern designation and 1945 date, along with batch details from wartime production. The overall condition is honest and unpolished, with natural age and handling wear that gives it the correct, untouched look rather than a restored or over-cleaned appearance.

Pieces like this were part of Britain’s huge wartime munitions effort, fitted to artillery shells used by anti-tank, field artillery and, in some cases, air-defence units. Today, surviving inert examples offer collectors a direct link to the technical side of WWII weaponry without being weapons themselfs.

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