This is a blown apart British 18 pounder brass shell case base which ripped clean apart when fired and exploded and is empty and inert.The case base is in nice condition it still retains a lot of its brass colour but has discolored and dirty with some damage from being buried as well. The case still has most of its original markings on the bottom fairly clear to see including dated 15th August 1917. The case is still very solid and is not braking up or falling apart it has been very well cleaned and perfect for display or any collection.The case base was recovered in 2013 from Bourlon Woods the November 1917 battlefield part of the Allied Cambrai offensive.or the 1918 re capture after the German Kaisers offensive which retook it.The case comes with A5 laminated information card.
The operation would be carried out by the Third Army under General Julian Byng in order to relieve pressure on the French front. The offensive consisted of an assault against the Germans’s on the Hindenburg line along a 10-mile (16-km) front some 8 miles (13 km) west of Cambrai. Nineteen British divisions were assembled for the offensive, supported by tanks (476 in all, of which about 378 were fighting tanks; the rest were supply and service vehicles) and five horsed Cavalry divisions. The attack lasted from the 20th November 1917 until 6th December 1917.
This is a blown apart British 18 pounder brass shell case base which ripped clean apart when fired and exploded and is empty and inert.The case base is in nice condition it still retains a lot of its brass colour but has discolored and dirty with some damage from being buried as well. The case still has most of its original markings on the bottom fairly clear to see including dated 15th August 1917. The case is still very solid and is not braking up or falling apart it has been very well cleaned and perfect for display or any collection.The case base was recovered in 2013 from Bourlon Woods the November 1917 battlefield part of the Allied Cambrai offensive.or the 1918 re capture after the German Kaisers offensive which retook it.The case comes with A5 laminated information card.
The operation would be carried out by the Third Army under General Julian Byng in order to relieve pressure on the French front. The offensive consisted of an assault against the Germans’s on the Hindenburg line along a 10-mile (16-km) front some 8 miles (13 km) west of Cambrai. Nineteen British divisions were assembled for the offensive, supported by tanks (476 in all, of which about 378 were fighting tanks; the rest were supply and service vehicles) and five horsed Cavalry divisions. The attack lasted from the 20th November 1917 until 6th December 1917.
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