July Military Auction
Lot 25965:
Description
A hand-decorated trench art souvenir fashioned from a French 37mm artillery shell casing. The brass body features repousse and chased decoration consisting of foliate and floral scrolls centered around a Cross of Lorraine. The casing side bears hand-chased script in a decorative cursive style reading Souvenir, Nancy, 1918, and France. The base headstamp includes struck ordnance marks: 37-85 indicating the caliber and Model 1885 Hotchkiss gun, PDPS for the manufacturer Parc d’Artillerie de Paris-Seine, 18 for the 1918 manufacture date, the lot number 341, and a flaming bomb symbol representing the French Ordnance Department. The top rim is flared with an irregular edge from the original hand-working process.
Height: Approximately 3.75 inches
Base diameter: Approximately 1.75 inches. We do our best to describe all items in the sale, and we definitely take a ton of photos. But, we are not able to guarantee authenticity or era of items in the sale. Please carefully look at all photos (up to 100 in some cases on our in-house platform) to judge for yourself what you are buying. All sales are final. Our in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Wednesday, July 15, from Noon to 5 pm at our facility in Lancaster, OH. Alternate pickup day is available by appointment for a $5 fee per lot or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. If shipping – once packed up we will send you a separate invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: [email protected]. Sales tax collected on this auction. Our warehouse is in Lancaster, OH. If not shipping – pickup in 10 days or we will dispose and you will not receive a refund. AB344
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