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 This is an extremely scarce

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

5-inch barrel used on the Model 1866

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

and has an unknown maker mark (Letter S and letter I crossing one another)

Coat shows signs of use in a hot

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 This is an extremely scarceOriginal 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.