Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 Crimean War with some staining and edge

with some staining and edge fraying

and spider web circular foresight mounted on the rear of barrel jacket

Because its cruel

Mechanically in excellent condition with a crisp bore

For him the combat was over

Original French WWI 75mm Field Gun Brass Shell Casing Trench Art Vase circa 1917 Crimean War with some staining and edgeOriginal Item: One of a Kind This is far superior to the usual type of Trench Art we are all used to seeing. Clearly transformed, almost as Folk Art, this brass shell casing is now a beautiful vase. The base of the shell is marked in a circle around the primer with 75 DEC over A. R. S. L. 902 17??. The first marking indicates this shell casing is for the Canone 75mm De Campagne or 75mm Field Gun, the standard artillery piece during WWI. The bottom