1916 French decorative trench art souvenir of Serbia
Trench art shell
This is a decorative trench art shell casing with the symbol of the French Armee d'Orient, a half crescent moon and star, and also the year of 1916. There is also the text 'SOUVENIR DE SERBIE' on the other half of the casing. At the bottom side of the shell, the 'A RS' indicates that the original shell, before being fired and re-used as trench art, was manufactured by the French firm Atelier de Construction de Rennes, the Construction Workshop of Rennes. The '16' indicates the year of manufacture, 1916, and the '65' the calibre, which was 65MM.
CONTRIBUTOR
Špiro Vranješ
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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