I started buying these items as they are not that expensive and hard to reproduce (Date is on bottom of casing).
This one is a German 77mm (3 inch) dated June 1917. Was used as a flower vase. Roughly done with the Signal Corp flags on one the sides(?) and the 5th Division logo on the other side. Their logo is a diamond or two triangles stacked on top of one another.
Bottom of casing shows 65%CU or 65% copper with a ST or strenghtened case.
This was known as the "Whiz Bang" or the first artillery shell to go supersonic. The US troops did not like them as you could not hear them coming and they were about a 14 lb explosive round.
Fired from the 7.7 cm FieldKanone.
Trench Art: An Illustrated History, by Jane KimballInformation
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