Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 British Militaria to ground troops

to ground troops

During the Great War cavalry was quickly becoming a thing of the past once trench warfare was introduced

Shock and vibration tests revealed that severe shock caused  shifting of the original prism mounting

they were still accepted

During the Battle for Henderson Field

Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 British Militaria to ground troopsOriginal 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