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Hi Martin,
I would hazord a guess that it is a storage pot for pipe or other tobacco i have seen a few of these over the years and this seems to be the general concesus.
Best regards Weasel.
Hi weasil I think that that kind of trench art was probably the most popular, ive had about 20 over the years in my early days most antique shops had them ! , followed by paper knives and Coal scuttles ,but ive never had a trench art peak cap ,
regards
Steve
Hi,
Polte was a big ammunition factory situated near the town of Magdebourg in north Germany , in activity during the two conflicts , and at the origin of a great quantity of experiments
Hi Martin,
So to sort of sum up for you, this is a piece of trenchart made from two "and this is a guess without any measurments" WW1 German 77mm brass cartridges both have been cut down in length one more so than the other and one has been sleeved to enable it to fit inside the other while remaining the same outside diameter.
As Fuzeman has said you used to see alot of these for sale in antique shops years ago, the two percussion caps one on each case are just that.
Best regards Weasel.
I thought my Great Uncle may have brought it back from the front on leave, he was in the Royal Field Artillary, was killed at the battle of Passchendaele in 1917,aged 19 years.
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