I have with me one of the dead bombs (?) held as a display item thrown out in the backyard of our house at
4th Street Gopalapuram, Chennai when we were children in the 60s as narrated to me by late great grand father !
He told me that it was from the Emden Submarine during the I World War during 1914 when Emden was
stationed/sailing on the seas facing Edward Elliots Beach (opp: present DGP Office) in Bay of Bengal from right across the present Mahatma Gandhi statue !
The funny part of this bomb is, I have seen during my later childhood days that my great grandmother was using it like a "hammer" to break the jaggery balls for preparing sweets during festivals ! He also tome me
that two or more dead bombs (?) were also found in the backyard after some days and the bombing was heard all over in that part of Chennai for some days ! Unfortunately he is not alive to relive the story!
Are you willing to donate the piece to the Fort St George Museum, where there are two more pieces thrown by Emden? It will be displayed with due credit to you.
I used to live in 8th street gopalapuram since my school days till I left to US. Now my parents have moved to Lloyds road. Surprised to Emben bomb fell so close to place where i lived(though in way far past!)