Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 British Militaria The muzzle brake design proved

The muzzle brake design proved to be a failure — the rifle was nearly uncontrollable in automatic fire

FIRING KEY

and 4) the Ward Burton experimental bolt action Model of 1871

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

During the Battle for Henderson Field

Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 British Militaria The muzzle brake design provedOriginal 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