A brass german shell case 77 mm marked 1914-1918 World War. The base markings state :- ST G 246 Okt 1917 67% Cu HL 25 Kemmel as a badge(?) to rear and Iron Cross to front. || The German shell case belonged to David Holden's grandfather who died in 1984.

Attached to this story is a gold matchbox holder from the Battle of the Somme. The name A. Lynch can be seen on the front of the case along with a floral design which extends to the spine and the back of the casing. On the back of the holder a carving of Somme 1916-1917 can be seen surrounded by the floral design. || This story is about an anonymous soldier who used to work for my grandfather Anthony Lynch before he went to fight in the great war. The unknown soldier used to be an estate agent from Verschorles, Ireland before the war. During the war he fought in the Battle of the Somme. During the Battle of the Somme he handmade a matchbox holder out of an old German shell in the trenches. He personally created the design of the matchbox holder and carved my grandfather's first initial and surname onto the front of the case. When he returned home from the war he gave the gift to my grandfather's farm hand who delivered it to the family home in Clonyn Castle, Co. Kildare, Ireland. This matchbox holder was then given to Anthony's daughter Angela who then passed it on to her son. Unfortunately, the name and details of the soldier has been lost through the years.

Copy of death notice of Herbert Engel ; Extract from German Army on the Somme ; Correspondence with German War Graves Commission ; Field glasses and olive coloured knapsack || My granduncle, Herbert Engel, was killed in action fighting for the German army at Delville Wood at the Somme on 27th August 1916. He was a member of the 6th Company, 1st Regiment of the Kaiser's Grenadier Guards. My father (Herbert Engel's nephew) came to Ireland in 1939. My grandfather (Georg Unger) also fought for the German army on the Eastern front and died within a couple of years of the ending of the war from shrapnel wounds sustained at the front. || || This is the Death Notice of my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, a member of the 6th Company, 1st Regiment of the Kaiser's Grenadier Guards, who was killed fighting for the German army at the Somme on 27th August, 1916. || Deutsch || Death Notice, with illustration, of Herbert Engel || Official document || Herbert Engel || Western Front || || Front cover of The German Army on the Somme by Jack Sheldon, an account of the actions of the German army at this location of the war and which I believe contains a description of the action in which my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, died. || Cover of The German Army on the Somme by Jack Sheldon || Western Front || || Western Front || Extract from The German Army on the Somme || Extract from The German Army on the Somme containing a description of the opening of the action in which I believe my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, died on 27th August 1916. || || Extract from The German Army on the Somme describing what I believe is the death of my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, on the Somme on 27th August 1916 in an action against French forces. || Extract of The German Army on the Somme || Western Front || || Binocular case believed to have belonged to Georg Unger || Western Front || || Western Front || Binoculars believed to have belonged to Georg Unger || || Deutsch || Red Cross badge belonging to sister of Herbert Engel and associated with the town of Schwiebus, according to the inscription on the badge. A penknife is also pictured. || Western Front || Medical || Women || Red Cross badge belonging to sister of Herbert Engel