Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. In occupied Belgium and France, citizens opposed the German army with organized but non-violent resistance. They created networks dedicated to military intelligence gathering, escape lines, clandestine postal networks and underground newspapers. Many of the networks were dismantled by the German secret police but those executed for their resistance became national heroes.
This 1917 German shell casing has a base diameter of approximately 5” with the top measuring 4” and stands at 19 ⅞” tall. The front of the casing displays lovely carvings in French which reads as follows:
Honneur A La Vaillante Belgique
“Honor to the Valiant Belgium"
Victoire
Des Allies
1918
"Victory
Of the Allies
1918"
Other artwork includes the crossed flags of Istres and Belgium. The Flag of Istres is all blue with a yellow star in the center. Istres is a commune in southern France. It is in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region, in the Bouches-du-Rhone department. Below the crossed flags is a photo of Philippe Pétain a French General who attained the position of Marshal of France.
The condition is excellent but the photograph is rather faded and difficult to see. Comes more than ready for further research and display.
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