This is a German brass shell case fired by the 10cm Kanone 04 heavy field gun. The shell case is in very nice condition but with some light discolor but nothing to bad and no damage the case still retains its brass colour lovely and clean and completely empty and inert. The case is complete on the bottom with all of its original markings including dated 1917 all fairly clear to see the case is from a private collection on the Somme. A very nice and not easy to find German shell case from the famous Somme battlefield of 1916-1918 and comes with A5 laminated information cards
The 10cm Kanone 04 was the standard German 10cm gun at the start of the First World War, and only the second gun with a modern recoil system to enter service with the German army. The first six guns were used in an experimental battery in 1904, and the type was accepted for service with the foot artillery in 1905 as the 10cm Kanone 04. By July 1914 there were 216 in service (including around 32 of the K04/12, with a gun shield). By October 1918 the K 04 equipped 121 batteries with 484 in service.
This is a German brass shell case fired by the 10cm Kanone 04 heavy field gun. The shell case is in very nice condition but with some light discolor but nothing to bad and no damage the case still retains its brass colour lovely and clean and completely empty and inert. The case is complete on the bottom with all of its original markings including dated 1917 all fairly clear to see the case is from a private collection on the Somme. A very nice and not easy to find German shell case from the famous Somme battlefield of 1916-1918 and comes with A5 laminated information cards
The 10cm Kanone 04 was the standard German 10cm gun at the start of the First World War, and only the second gun with a modern recoil system to enter service with the German army. The first six guns were used in an experimental battery in 1904, and the type was accepted for service with the foot artillery in 1905 as the 10cm Kanone 04. By July 1914 there were 216 in service (including around 32 of the K04/12, with a gun shield). By October 1918 the K 04 equipped 121 batteries with 484 in service.
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