Artillery shell casing decorated in the style of the Bezalel School, bearing inscriptions marking the conquest of Jerusalem in the First World War. Jerusalem, 24th of Kislev, 5678 [December 9, 1917].

Engraved brass.

Artillery shell casing from a German canon shell, 75 mm, decorated in the style of the Bezalel School. At the top of the casing is the (Hebrew) inscription "In memory of the liberation of Jerusalem, 24th of Kislev, 5678" [December 9, 1917]. At center are two large illustrations, one of Rachel’s Tomb and the other of the "Site of the Temple" (i.e., the Dome of the Rock). Along the perimeter of the base are decorative bands in arabesque patterns along with fruit-bearing vines and images of animals, as well as the inscription "(Hebrew) "Bezalel Jerusalem".

Height: 27.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.