Original French WWI Trench Art Engraved 75mm Brass Artillery Shell dated 1914 Caps & Hats - 17 February 1900 -

- 17 February 1900 - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

to the Army's XIII and XXX Corps

comes with the appropriate iron carriage on wooden spoke steel tire wheels complete with brass data plate that reads:

and armed messengers were employed

HIATT B'HAM

Original French WWI Trench Art Engraved 75mm Brass Artillery Shell dated 1914 Caps & Hats - 17 February 1900 -Original Item: One of a Kind. Standing 12 1 2" tall and 3 1 2" wide this is the classic French WW1 Artillery Casing in brass of the classic French 75 mm artillery piece. The outer surface has been fully engraved with what looks like a Crown over a rampant Lion surrounded by foliage. The Shell Case primer is dated with its manufacture date of 1914, however the Trench Art is prominently dated "1917" over a banner engraved in large letters: L'UNION FAIT