Original French WWI Engraved Artillery Shell Trench Art Set U.S. Machine Guns All in all this is

All in all this is a comprehensive Bombardier’s kit that feels like it hasn’t been unzipped since its final mission in 1945

Gone was the EIC HEART Logo of old

with most of it worn away and replaced by an oxidized patina

Belgium's new monarch was King Leopold 1st

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Original French WWI Engraved Artillery Shell Trench Art Set U.S. Machine Guns All in all this isOriginal Item: One of a kind Set. Great War Artillery Shell Casings in brass. Both has tapered bases and engraving with WWI dates on the bases. The large shell is for the Canon de 155 L modle 1918 Schneider which was a French heavy artillery piece designed and produced during the First World War. A number were still on hand during the Second World War and served in French and German service.