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 just the shell

This is just the shell of what the pouch was originally designed for and was “stripped” to be used elsewhere

with an engraved lock (not stamped)

the longest operation of the 1st Cavalry Division

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

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

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 just the shellOriginal 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.