DEACTIVATED INERT. German, WW2, 1Kg Incendiary bomb & a Burnt Out Nose Section. Sn - 21614 DEACTIVATED INERT. German, WW2, 1Kg Incendiary bomb & a Burnt Out Nose Section. Sn - 21614 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an original German WW2 1Kg Incendiary bomb that was air dropped in containers by German bombers in WW2. The bombs were used to great effect in the German Blitzes during the early part of WW2 against British cities. The bombs were made of a magnesium alloy body including the fuse holder and would burn brightly and furiously once ignited. The bombs filling was thermite which burns at a very high temperature, ignited the magnesium body. The bombs body has three tail fins of pressed steel with a steel reinforcing ring at the tail. The assembly is soldered together from four pieces of pressed steel and are held to the bomb by 3 short steel screw pins. The incendiary bomb is in good condition and the fins are still held to the body by three screw pins. Together with this bomb is a burnt out nose section from a burnt out incendiary bomb. The nose is stamped AZ8312 8036 Rh c over 143 G * Waa123 waffenampt. See pages 27 and 139 in German Air Dropped Weapons to 1945 by Wolfgang Fleischer. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert incendiary bomb in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21614