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, inlaid with copper and silver (damascening).

Artillery shell casing from a German canon shell, 75 mm, decorated in the style of the Bezalel School, with arabesque patterns, a date palm, and the biblical verses "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4; engraved inside an engraved frame in the form of the Tablets of the Law), and "And they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruninghooks" (ibid.). At center, near the base of the shell, are two additional engraved inscriptions marking the conquest of Jerusalem in the course of the First World War.

Height: 27.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.