Original France WWI French “Souvenir de la Guerre - 1917” Austrian Berndorf Produced 75mm Shell Casing Oil Lamp Original Display Machine Guns Instability and inaccuracy of the

Instability and inaccuracy of the fuse mechanism made the Type 97 almost as much of a menace to the thrower as to the recipient

shows moderate wear and retains a medium bronze patina on the exposed surfaces with darker patina in the scales of the grip

The flare gun is typically used to produce a distress signal

It is marked on the back with ((RZM)) and maker code M4 / 46

covered with a bronze wash

Original France WWI French “Souvenir de la Guerre - 1917” Austrian Berndorf Produced 75mm Shell Casing Oil Lamp Original Display Machine Guns Instability and inaccuracy of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them. Not limited to the World Wars, the history of trench art spans conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to the