Flak 88 shells of WW1?

[taube]

Gentlemen,

last week I received a phone call from a person who I got to know via a wanted ad in my local paper.
I got some nice WW2 items from him earlier.

He found some more, he told me and I went to his house yesterday.
Two Flak 88 shells were waiting there for me.
The man found them walking his dog, 300m from his house on a field, 3 years ago.
As it turned out, there was Flak at that spot and some construction work must have stired them up.

Cleaning the brass shells, I found the usual markings.
The one is a Polte of 1936.
BUT, the other shell is dated 1917(!), Patronenfabrik Karlsruhe.

Was WW1 dated ammo used in a WW2 Flak 88?

Pics will follow tomorrow...

Thanks in advance,
taube.

[Zünder]

Brass shells ?
You probably mean shellcases (Hülsen)..

Yes, WW1 8,8 cm shellcases were used during WW2, but not often.

[taube]

Arrrgh, wrong translation then.
Cartridges, I should say?

Had them standing in citric acid for a while.
I am far from being ready cleaning.

Anyway, here we go:

[dutchflecktarn]

8,8

WW1 shell 8,8 is a Navy one for the C/30 navy gun!

[Dutchknive]

The C/30 stamp may be applied for rearming the C/30 guns, checking the steel primer this one is re-issued and restamped.

[taube]

Thanks for your comments.
The C/30 gun is WW2 model, then?
I could not find any info on that gun with 8,8 ammo...

Anybody got more info?

Thanks,
taube

[Dutchknive]

Taube,

At least an early pre-war design not mucht to find, but here's a pic of the gun:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:88mm_SKC30.jpg

[Jeremy92]

Nice pieces.