British 18 pounder shrapnel shell fuse with original brass colour remains, fantastic condition battlefield find recovered many years ago in Delville Wood the July - September 1916 battlefield on the Somme.

British 18 pounder shrapnel shell fuse fantastic condition it does have a bit of damage from the impact of being fired but nothing bad at all even with its center tube plate still attached to the bottom. The shell fuse still with most of its original markings and numbers all perfectly clear to read it has its fairly shiny brass colour pretty much all over. The fuse has been very well cleaned this fuse is a lovely and cracking find this fuse has been found many years ago and has been in a private collection originally recovered many years ago in Delville Wood the July - September 1916 battlefield on the Somme and comes with A5 laminated information card.

The Battle of Delville Wood (15 July – 3 September 1916) was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme between the armies of the German Empire and the British Empire. Delville Wood (Bois d'Elville), was a thick tangle of trees, chiefly beech and hornbeam (the wood has been replanted with oak and birch by the South African government), with dense hazel thickets, intersected by grassy rides, to the east of Longueval. As part of a general offensive starting on 14 July, which became known as the Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14–17 July), General Douglas Haig Commander of the British expeditionary force intended to capture the German second position between Delville Wood and Bazentin le Petit.

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