Original French WWI Captured 97mm German Shell with Depiction of French Children Mourning Grave in Destroyed City - c’est ta main - Dated July 1917 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout This is an extremely scarce

This is an extremely scarce Australian-Made Marine Raider patch made in a style only seen with examples made by Jacob Rhoner of Sydney

Trained in Idaho for the first phase of training which included local area flights

with an engraved lock (not stamped)

The blade of this example is heavily tarnished but is still in great shape with the fuller still visible

The projectile is fitted with either a point detonating or mechanical time

Original French WWI Captured 97mm German Shell with Depiction of French Children Mourning Grave in Destroyed City - c’est ta main - Dated July 1917 Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout This is an extremely scarceOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous piece of trench art made from an enormous spent German artillery shell casing which measures 9 in diameter and is 9 tall. The shell depicts a large scene of three French children mourning a grave in a destroyed city with rubble, destroyed trees, and debris in the background. A young girl with her arm in a sling is knelt before a recently buried grave with small rocks and a cross marking it.