WWII "Don't Scrap It" poster - image

**12L14** · Nov 21, 2021, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by desbromilow

is the munition in the photo with her a bomb, or a mortar round? I'm not familiar enough with the various types at the "small enough to hold in your hand" size range.

Just guessing it is 3" mortar shell of British/Australian/Canadian origin.

There are three distinctive features:

-blunt shaped fuse with a straight knurling(No. 152?)

-wide, single driving band

-three double fins with two holes in each half(some versions - not all - had stamped those reinforcing ribs), rounded on both ends.

One without stamped ribs:

ps. sorry for poor english
pps. it should be fins or vanes?

**owen moore** · Nov 22, 2021, 11:39 PM

God bless every one of those ladies. Without them, things could have turned out very different.

**Toolmaker51** · Nov 23, 2021, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by owen moore

God bless every one of those ladies. Without them, things could have turned out very different.

Should things go awry, we might get equal dedication from recent generations of females, I have less confidence in the other portion of society.
Note use of 'the' and 'other portion' as.........

**Toolmaker51** · Nov 23, 2021, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Jon

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I've got carburetors begging for such attention! Lots of them!

**Jon** · Nov 28, 2021, 11:55 AM

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**WmRMeyers** · Nov 28, 2021, 01:45 PM

I like that one!

Bill

**Jon** · Dec 5, 2021, 03:21 PM

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**Toolmaker51** · Dec 6, 2021, 12:49 AM

Nice patriotic advertisement; but clearly more staged than those I've examined.
She is NOT wearing an ID Badge, particularly in a munitions plant............

**Jon** · Dec 12, 2021, 02:45 PM

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**Toolmaker51** · Dec 12, 2021, 07:55 PM

Glad they won't depend on what passes for 'lumber' today. Not so many, but we still run across these wood cases here and there. Intact. Sturdy. Legible. Operative.