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Old 26-03-18, 01:58 PM
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Default Mystery Object Help please
When I recently won a quantity of WW1 & WW2 badges at an auction the description was words to the effect of,
'Military badges and Mystery Object'
Can anyone tell me what the 'Object' I have is please?
Knowing that some Forum members collect General Militaria I am keeping my fingers crossed.....

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Old 26-03-18, 02:46 PM
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Looks like its part of a heating system?

Water pipe in/out has been cut off.

Just a guess.

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Old 26-03-18, 03:07 PM
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part of the fuzing for a large calibre artillery piece???
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Old 26-03-18, 03:09 PM
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part of the fuzing for a large calibre artillery piece???
That was my first thought too.

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Old 26-03-18, 03:37 PM
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I'm thinking it's a part of a coupling for something like a large multi cored cable or something similar.
Does it come apart, is the copper cap fixed.
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Hi Steve

As an ex-radar fitter I'm pretty sure it is part of a cavity magnetron for use in radar transmitters. This gives a bit of info plus photos: http://vc.airvectors.net/ttwiz_03.html. You could also contact the Air Defence Museum at the former RAF Neatishead to positively ID it.

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Hi Steve

As an ex-radar fitter I'm pretty sure it is part of a cavity magnetron for use in radar transmitters. This gives a bit of info plus photos: http://vc.airvectors.net/ttwiz_03.html. You could also contact the Air Defence Museum at the former RAF Neatishead to positively ID it.

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Well the first image that pops up at the above link is a dead ringer for the original image.

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I was nearly right........NOT
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