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trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

Article about: Hello I want to share a recent discovery with you. This is a pair of English 18 pounder cases. They were engraved (trench art) by an Indochinese rifleman with two magnificent dragons. The ca

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    Hello
    I want to share a recent discovery with you. This is a pair of English 18 pounder cases. They were engraved (trench art) by an Indochinese rifleman with two magnificent dragons.
    The cartridge cases were recovered during the war in the Somme. And I saved them from the trash (a little too late, one of them was a little damaged).
    Here are the photos.

    trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

    trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

    trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

    trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

    trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

    trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

    trench art - 18 pdr cases and two dragons

    Cheers from France
    Jean Loup

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    Very cool.
    gregM
    Live to ride -- Ride to live

    I was addicted to the "Hokey-Pokey" but I've turned
    myself around.

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    They are amazing Jean. Very sobering to think of all the young men who were living quietly in the far corners of the globe before being drawn into the Western Front war machine. I hope he saw Indochina again.

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    A fantastic pair of shell cases. Thank you for saving them. You have to wonder why anyone would want to throw something like this away.

    B.B.

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    Hello

    Thank you. the good news is that I did not find his name in the KIA list. :-)

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