Rare to find British 13 pounder shell projectile that was recovered in 2014 from the field opposite Lochnagar mine crater which was a German front line trench on the 1st July 1916 Somme battle.

This is a rare to find British 13 pounder shell projectile which is in nice solid condition with no fuse. The steel case is rusty but solid with some damage to neck it has been fired and is missing most of its brass driving band but does still have a small part attached which is unusual to get. The projectile is completely empty and inert it has been well cleaned and overall nice condition for display and for any collection and being 13 pounder much rarer to find then the standard 18 pounder. The projectile was recovered in 2014 from the field opposite Lochnagar mine crater. This field was a German frontline trench on the morning of the 1st July 1916 which was the British attack on Somme battlefield.The projectile comes with A5 laminated information card.

The British named the mine after Lochnagar Street, the British trench from which the gallery was driven. The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 98 ft (30 m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, which was captured and held by British troops. The attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire, except on the extreme right flank and just south of La Boisselle, north of the Lochnagar Crater.