This is a Battle damaged British propelling charge 4.5 inch howitzer brass shell case.The case is damaged around the neck after being fired.The case still retains some of its shiny brass colour but it has a bit of discolour in places but nothing to bad. The case still has all of its original markings on the bottom very clear to see including the date 1915 with its primer dated 1917 it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection.The case 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 Battle damaged British propelling charge 4.5 inch howitzer brass shell case.The case is damaged around the neck after being fired.The case still retains some of its shiny brass colour but it has a bit of discolour in places but nothing to bad. The case still has all of its original markings on the bottom very clear to see including the date 1915 with its primer dated 1917 it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection.The case 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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