WW1 Trench Art Vase
Trench art brass vase made from a WW1 shell case. The vase is embossed with three 5 pointed leaves attached to a branch over a background of what appears to be embossed fish scales.
"75 DE C" is the abbreviation for "75mm Canone de Campagne" or 75mm Field gun.
The French 75 mm field gun is a quick-firing field artillery piece adopted in March 1898. It was commonly known as the French 75 and was designed as an anti-personnel weapon system for delivering large volumes of time-fused shrapnel shells on enemy troops advancing in the open. After 1915 and the onset of trench warfare, impact-detonated high-explosive shells prevailed. By 1918 the 75s became the main agents of delivery for toxic gas shells. The 75s also became widely used as truck mounted anti-aircraft artillery. They were the main armament of the Saint-Chamond tank in 1918.
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75 DE C
ATE 588L 18
'Trench art' is a term used to describe objects made from the debris and by-products of modern warfare. Trench Art is usually associated with the First World War, although similar items have been produced in other conflicts too. Most trench art was made by servicemen to pass the time when not in the front line.
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