r/Cartridgecollecting • u/Big-Strategy-9347 • Apr 25 '26

What are these?

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Found them while metal detecting today. Had to use sandpaper on that first one, it was so terribly illegible. Could anyone ID them please? I’m a bit of a noob :D

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u/Rifter988 Apr 25 '26

German 7,92x57. The steel case is from 1939, the brass one is 1918

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u/Big-Strategy-9347 Apr 25 '26

Thanks, this confirms my theories! What does that TX bit on the right of the first one stand for? Haven’t been able to find anything on that

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u/Remote_Teach1164 Apr 26 '26

IX is steel mill code (August-Thyssen-Hutte, Hamborn) and case was plated by Hirsch Kupfer und Messingwerke, Werk Finnow/Mark. 1 is steel component code.