Case 17 - Western Front
Title
Case 17 - Western Front
Audience
Case 17
Collection Items
Opened shell case with three rounded legs
1918 shell casing supported by three small rounded legs - top of the casing has been bent out to form a 2cm wide lip
1917 shell case souvenir with etchings of crests - a dove - banners and the dates 1914 and 1918
Etched shell casing from 1917 - bottom signed by Peterson in Hamberg from 49 P.W.C - Maked with banner for the European War 1914-1918 - Rising sun crest - dove - military cross - and words
Shell casing with heart and writing - souvenir de 1916 1918 Belgique
Etched shell casing with heart and the writing ' Souvenir de Belgique 1916 - 1918 ' - Top of the casing has been folded over to form a triangle pattern along the lip
Etched 18 pound 1917 shell casing with flowers and rising sun crest
Shell casing with etched flowers and the rising sun - Australian Commonwealth Military Forces - 1914 1919 World War 1
Shell Ashtray
Circular metal dish with scalloped edges, decorated with crown, wreath, stars, fleur de lis and 'ALBERT', appears to have been fashioned into an ashtray with three shells as the base
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / In Training . - No 7 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner…
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / At the Base . - No 1 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom…
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / In Training . - No 6 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner…
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / At the Base . - No 5 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner…
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / In Training . - No 4 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner…
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / At the Base . - No 3 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / In Training . - No 9 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner…
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / At the Base . - No 8 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner…
Sketches of Tommy's life post card
Postcard features printed wartime sketch of soldiers with text underneath . Printed on recto , proper right bottom corner : ' Sketches / of Tommy's life / At the Base . - No 2 ' . Signature ' F . Mackain ' printed on recto , proper left bottom corner…
18 pound smoke shell
Stamped '18PR II 1915 C.FF K 12 6'
Bell
Metal bullet casing and shrapnel fashioned into a bell - Inscribed on handle ' 1914 - 1918 ' , inscribed on bowl ' Souvenir De Le guerre '
Bell
Metal bullet casing and shrapnel fashioned into a bell - Inscribed on bowl 'Souvenir De Le guerre 1918'- hallmark bowl 'AS'- brass button as clapper
Trench art
German Shellcase cap died 1915, inscription "st 174" crown (icon) "Ke".