Large calibre markings on cartridge cases

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These lists were put together once we had established the origin of most of the cartridge cases we collected over the years, and we are very much aware that they are far from complete. The other information which will help you to determine its origin are the cartridge case measurements (base, bottom, top and sometimes neck diameter and full length).

Please drop us a line if you happen to have additional information on the subject.

A summary of some of the cartridge cases currently in the collection.

	French 3,7 cm Hotchkiss
	German 3,7 cm Hotchkiss
	3,7 cm Hotchkiss Marked: C/97.98 and KARLSRUHE, VI and 1903 Crowned M = Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) arsenal's acceptance stamp
	3,7 cm Hotchkiss Marked: 37-85 and PD.Ps, 116 and 2.16 (1916) PD.Ps = Parc d'Artillerie de Paris
	3,7 cm Hotchkiss Marked: PATRONENFABRIK and KARLSRUHE, 1917 and 119A

	5,7 cm Nordenfelt Marked: EP, 1 (January, or LOT number 1) and 12 (1912) EP = Ecole de Pyrotechnie, Antwerp (Belgium)
	6 Pdr. Marked: RL and CF, 1917 RL = Royal Laboratories, Woolwich Arsenal CF = Charge loaded with cordite / Full charge E57 = inspection mark

	7,5 cm Feldkanone Marked: PATRONENFABRIK and KARLSRUHE, SEPT and 1897 AWS = Artillerie Werkstatt Spandau 10 & 19 = inspection marks
	7,5 cm Gebirgskanone M.15 (Skoda) Marked: BERNDORF and 1917, 7,5cm M15 and 284 BERNDORF = Berndorf, Austria (see also BMF) and 284 = inspection mark Cartridge case is battlefield relic hence the discoloring
	7,5 cm Feldkanone M15 Marked: PATR and 1918, FN and HL27 FN = Friedrich Niemeyer, HL = Haniel Luege Düsseldorf (brass factory) and 27 = inspection mark

13 Pdr. Marked: II and 1918,LOT83 and V.S.M. VSM = Vickers, Sons and Maxim

	7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 and Feldkanone 16 Marked: HL and HL8, MRZ and 1908 HL = Haniel Luege Düsseldorf (brass factory) and 27 = inspection mark
	7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 and Feldkanone 16 Marked: PATRONENFABRIK and KARLSRUHE, JUNI and 1915 St = Strengthened case (Stark), 167 = LOT number and Crowned Ke = inspection marks
	7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 and Feldkanone 16 Marked: FN and HL27, AUG and 1917 St = Strengthened case (Stark), 138 = LOT number, HL = Haniel Luege Düsseldorf (brass factory), 27 = inspection mark and FN = Friedrich Niemeyer

	4.5 inch Howitzer Marked: 4-5 IN HOWr and 1915, CF and LOT162 CF = Charge loaded with cordite / Full charge N monogram = New York Air Brake Co. (USA) C.S. & R in small square = inspection marks Case has been used numerous times judging by the amount of different inspection marks (cartridge case is battlefield relic hence the discoloration)
	4.5 inch Howitzer Marked: 4-5 IN HOWr and 1917, CF and LOT57 CF = Charge loaded with cordite / Full charge C.S. & FG & U in circle = inspection marks

The country name between [....] means the origin of the cartridge case itself. The other marks will indicate where the case was assembled (sized, primer inserted, powder charge filled and in most cases a shell added).

• Armi ed Equipaggiamenti Dell'Esercito Italiano Nella Grande Guerra 1915-1918, by Nevio Mantoan (Gino Rossato,Novale 1996)
• l'Artiglieria Austro-Ungarica nella Grande Guerra, by Filippo Cappellano (Gino Rossato, Novale 2001).
• l'Artiglieria Italiana nella Grande Guerra, by Andrea Curami & Allessandro Masignami (Gino Rossato, Novale 1998).
• British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918, by Ian V. Hogg and L.F. Thurston (Ian Allan, London 1972).
• Deutsche Artillerie- und Minenwerfer Munition 1914-1918, by Karl-Heinz Dissberger (Dissberger, Düsseldorf 1984).
• German Artillery of World War One, by Herbert Jäger (The Crowood Press Ltd, Marlborough 2001).
• Handbook of Ordnance, Washington 1919.
• La Flak de 1914-1918 (Part 1 and 2), by B. Delsert, J.J. Dubois and Chr. Kowal (La PLume du Temps, 2000).
• Notes on Austro-Hungarian Fuzes. London 1917.
• Notes on German Fuzes, and typical French and Belgian Fuzes, London 1918.
• United States Artillery Ammuntion, London 1917.