Rare smaller reduced charge French 75mm field gun shell case recovered in 2016 from an old German trench which meet the French and British front lines at Maricourt,1st July 1916 Somme battlefield

This is a Rare smaller reduced charge French 75mm field gun shell case used for higher angle attacks on trenches.The case still retains some of its brass colour but is very dark and discolored also green in places. The case is complete on the bottom with some of its original markings and is dated 1915 all farly clear to see and is perfect for display or any collection and very rare to get recovered from the battlefield in this good a condition and is empty and inert. The case was recovered from an old German trench which was defended by the 6th Bavarian Regiment which is where the German trenches meet the French and British front lines at very close range at Maricourt on the 1st July 1916 Somme battlefield..The case comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with map and pictures.

Maricourt village was held by the Allies an attack was launched from this area on the 1st July 1916 at the beginning of the Battles of the Somme offensive, but no major gains were made until a week or so later. Maricourt was the point of junction where the British and French trench lines connected and was a very short distance between the Allied and German front lines. The Village was lost in the German advance of March 1918 and recaptured at the end of the following August by British and French troops in 1918.