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This Trench Art Artillery Shell is decorated with oak leaves and the marking '1918'. On the other site it is colorful decorated with red poppies to light up the shell. Measures: height: 28 cm diameter shell: 7,5 cm weight: 1,2 kg |
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British artillery shell WW I - 1918 - EOC - Elswick Ordnance Company This shell is embrossed with an image of a rose petal branche. The obus was partly cut out for a stained glass poppy with three butterflies behind a blue sky. The heart of the poppy is a bullet found in the soil of Flanders Fields Measures: height: 30 cm diameter: 8,5 cm weight: 1,4 kg |
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British artillery shell 18-pounder -1916 The obus is engraved with the shields of Belgium together with the national motto 'L'union fait la force' - (unity makes strenght) -as well as the words 'Nieuport' and 'Souvenir'. The obus was probably made by a Belgian-French speaking soldier. During the defence of Nieuwpoort (Flanders) many English soldiers were killed in order to maintain access to the North Sea. At that reason I placed a badge (soil sample) of the Royal Artillery of Britain and the Commonwealth - UBIQUE - QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT -everywhere ...... whither right and glory lead. Measures: height: 32 cm diameter: 8,5 cm weight: 1,3 kg |
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French Houwitzer shell of the First World War decorated with several poppies in stained glass. Beauty through simplicity... Measures: height: 39 cm diameter: 10 cm weight: 2,7 kg |
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French artillery shell WW I PDPs - Parc d'Artillerie de Paris
The obus was decorated with drawing of poppies and the word 'YPRES'. It was partly cut out and further edited with poppies and leaves. In the heart of the biggest flower and original bullet was placed which was found in Flanders Fields (Langemark-Poelkapelle). Measures: height: 37 cm diameter: 7,5 cm weight: 2 kg |
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The shell is one or the 'canon de 105 mle Schneider', a French artillery piece used in WW I. This howitzer grenade was carved to show in glass a waiting lady looking out over the sea expecting the return of her loved one. At the top I placed an original silver 'ANZAC'-sweetheart brooch which was given to the loved ones left behind. This could be his wife, parents and even children. Measures: height: 39 cm diameter: 10 cm weight: 2,8 kg |
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British artillery shell WW I - 1918 - EOC (Elswick Ordnance Company) The Cloth Hall (flemish - de Lakenhallen) is a medieval commercial building in Ypres. It lay in ruins after artillery fire during the three battles of Ypres in World War I. The shell is embrossed with an image of a rose petal branche. The obus was partly cut out and a poppy with leaves as well as an original bullet found on the Pond farm was placed in the flower. The glass piece reflects the burning tower of the Cloth Hall. Measures: height: 32 cm diameter: 8,5 cm weight: 1,3 kg |
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The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took place in the First World War in the Artois region of northern France. Its principal cities are Arras, Saint-Omer, Lens, and Béthune. (32 km western from Ypres) The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle was the first major attack launched by the British Army, recently emerged from the rigours of winter in the trenches and reinforced with fresh troops, since the beginning of the war. The British losses in the four attacking divisions were 544 officers and 11108 other ranks killed, wounded and missing. German losses are estimated at a similar figure of 12000, which included 1687 prisoners. The glass decoration in the obus shell shows the farewell of the soldier and his beloved as well as a sweetheart brooch with the mention Neuve-Chateau 1915-16-17. On the other side of the obus is a beautifully carved rose. The English 18-pounder of 1917 has a light inside. Measures: height: 29,5 cm diameter: 8 cm weight: 1,3 kg |
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More than 100 years ago, soldiers from Australia and New Zealand landed at Gallipoli (Turkey), which marked their entrance into the ‘Great War’.
The troops of both countries came to Flanders for the first time in 1917, to take part in the bloody Battle of Passchendaele. Every 25th of April, ANZAC-Day, lots of ceremonies take place in remembrance of all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in World War 1. So in Polygon Wood, Flanders… At Buttes New British Cemetery, a ‘Dawn Service’ at 04.30AM is held every year to honour them. This is about the time men of the ANZAC approached the Gallipoli beach. This artillery shell, from the French factory Pinchard Denys (Paris), is beautifully decorated with original trench art. I handcrafted a small panel of stained glass with poppies to lighten up the obus. The whole was finished with a original button of the WW1 Australian Military Forces. Measures: height: 38 cm diameter: 8 cm weight: 1,7 kg |
