Original British WWI Trench Art Brass 4.5 inch Artillery Shell Model Officer's Visor Cap - dated 1916 Replica Non-Firing Guns It was suspended from a

It was suspended from a ribbon colored similar to the War Merit Cross

He also served with the 325th from the beginning (North Africa) to the surrender of AH's Reich

Unfortunately the seams have mostly given out in many areas

units of the 89th had made their first major river assault crossing

the rolling mill marking of L 1 2 6 is still visible

Original British WWI Trench Art Brass 4.5 inch Artillery Shell Model Officer's Visor Cap - dated 1916 Replica Non-Firing Guns It was suspended from aOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic piece of World War One Trench Art! This is a lovely brass scaled down British WWI Officer's peaked cap, made from 4. 5 IN. HOW[itzer] shell, dated 1916. It is maker marked on the bottom with V. S. M., for "Vickers, Son, & Maxim", makers of the famous Vickers machine gun, among many other arms. It has has the front "brim" flared out, and the front is engraved with French and British battle flags in a