Inert .303 British Round Z K 1918 – WW1 Era Kynoch Lee-Enfield Cartridge 20mm providing a sterile and absorbent

providing a sterile and absorbent solution for treating wounds

and radioactive agents

making it one of the Empire's most important wartime manufacturers

The “37-85” headstamp identifies it as a case for the 37 mm Hotchkiss (Mle 1885) calibre round

The “B” factory code is associated with Birmingham ammunition production of the pre-WW1 era

Inert .303 British Round Z K 1918 – WW1 Era Kynoch Lee-Enfield Cartridge 20mm providing a sterile and absorbentAn original inert . 303 British cartridge dated 1918, produced by Kynoch during the final year of the First World War. The headstamp Z K 18 identifies this round as Kynoch manufacture, with the Z denoting nitrocellulose (smokeless) propellant, a key development in British military ammunition of the period. This cartridge would have been issued for use in the iconic Lee Enfield rifle, the standard service weapon of British and Commonwealth forces