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Lot 334

Decorated Shell Casing – "If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem" – Bearing Image of Tower of David

Decorated artillery shell casing from German canon shell. [Subsequent to 1917].
Engraved brass.
Artillery shell casing from German canon shell, 75 mm, decorated with image of the Tower of David and inscribed with the biblical verse "If I forget thee O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning" (Psalms 137:5).

Height: 13 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.