Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 Stocks When they insisted as to

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soldiers learned by trial and error how to use submachine guns to the best effect

It was salvaged from Lake Michigan after crashing during carrier qualifications and was completely restored by Museum staff and volunteers

MATERIAL TYPE: STEEL

The large ventilation hole under the comb

Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 Stocks When they insisted as toOriginal Item: One of a Kind This is far superior to the usual type of Trench Art we are all used to seeing. Clearly transformed, almost as Folk Art, this brass shell casing is now a beautiful vase. The base of the shell is marked in a circle around the primer with 75 DEC over A. R. S. L. 902 17??. The first marking indicates this shell casing is for the Canone 75mm De Campagne or 75mm Field Gun, the standard artillery piece during WWI. The bottom