1. Pair of 77 mm artillery shells, decorated.
- Subjects
- Leaves, depicted., Wreaths, depicted., Oak, depicted., Acorns, depicted., Swans, depicted., Engraving (Metal-work), depicted., Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917., Lys, Battle of the, 1918., Kemmel, Battles of, Belgium, 1918., Art 20th century., World War, 1914-1918., World War, 1914-1918 Equipment and supplies., World War, 1914-1918 Art and the war., Feuilles., Couronnes (Ornements), Chêne., Glands., Cygnes., Gravure (Travail des métaux), 3e bataille d'Ypres, Ypres, Belgique, 1917., Bataille de la Lys, 1918., Kemmel, Batailles du mont, 1918., Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918., leaf (plant material), wreaths (costume accessories), oak (wood), Acorns., Art., Engraving (Metal-work), Equipment and supplies., Leaves., Oak., Swans., Wreaths., Germany History 20th century., Kemmelberg (Belgium) History 20th century., Ieper (Belgium) History 20th century., Allemagne Histoire 20e siècle., Kemmel, Mont (Belgique) Histoire 20e siècle., Europe Flanders, Belgium., Belgium Ieper., Belgium Kemmelberg., Germany.
- Abstract
Shells are made of polished brass, each with an engraved swan in water, framed by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns attached to a single branch. On one shell, the branch has the inscription "KEMMEL", while on the other shell the branch is inscribed "YPRES."
- Published
- 1918