Original French WWI Captured 97mm German Shell with Depiction of French Children Mourning Grave in Destroyed City - c’est ta main - Dated July 1917 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout The projectile is fitted with

The projectile is fitted with either a point detonating or mechanical time

5-inch barrel used on the Model 1866

The blade of this example is heavily tarnished but is still in great shape with the fuller still visible

Eight silvered pebbled buttons adorn the front of the tunic and all appear to be originally attached

This is an extremely scarce Australian-Made Marine Raider patch made in a style only seen with examples made by Jacob Rhoner of Sydney

Original French WWI Captured 97mm German Shell with Depiction of French Children Mourning Grave in Destroyed City - c’est ta main - Dated July 1917 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout The projectile is fitted withOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous piece of trench art made from an enormous spent German artillery shell casing which measures 9 in diameter and is 9 tall. The shell depicts a large scene of three French children mourning a grave in a destroyed city with rubble, destroyed trees, and debris in the background. A young girl with her arm in a sling is knelt before a recently buried grave with small rocks and a cross marking it.