United States. A Pair Of First War Usa Trench Art Brass German Shell Cases, 1918 GTRexclude offensive and defensive mining subways

offensive and defensive mining subways

the reverse of one tab retains a fully intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/445” and a secondary code of “335172”

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The helmet is an example of a third version

the siege of Yorktown

United States. A Pair Of First War Usa Trench Art Brass German Shell Cases, 1918 GTRexclude offensive and defensive mining subwaysA pair of commemorative trench art brass shell cases. First shell with a design incorporating the inscriptions "AEF 1918 VERDUN CHATEAU THIERRY ARGONNE ST MHL TOUL" in large capital letters, the "TOUL" with "TO" at one end and "EH" at the other, with a copper disk bearing the United States coat of arms, along with a silvered zinc army button bearing the German Imperial crown embedded, on a dimpled background, marked "H. L. 37 AUG. 1918 2 67% Cu