Germany, Imperial. A Late First World War Trench Art Shell Auction 1956 at 11

1956 at 11

A small patch of material fatigue is visible to the edge of the crown near the left front side

each bound with heavy card stock bindings retaining original paper stock dust jackets

marked "Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden 's-Gravenhage" (Chancellery of the Netherlands Orders The Hague) and exhibiting the impressions of the once present badge and breast star

Germany, Imperial. A Late First World War Trench Art Shell Auction 1956 at 11(Grabenkunst). A rare late First World War trench art shell, constructed of brass, the outer circumference featuring a hand pounded dimpled background covering approximately three quarters of the surface, bearing a raised biplane with a Luftstreitkrfte Iron Cross clearly visible on the tail, above a U Boat, with stylized clouds dispersed over the skyline, the base stamped with a manufacture date of JULI 1918 and with calibre information indicating