Antigiftgasgranate

[MINENAZ16]

What is the story of this device ?

Original German WWII FlaK 88 Inert Projectile Converted to Drinking Decanter - Antigiftgasgranate

Original Item: Only One Available. This round is totally inert and was converted to store a clear glass bottle (photo of the glass bottle would not come out with a white background) with cork and four shot glasses in the base. Two shot glasses are missing. The top of the projectile reads...

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[Alpini]

The story behind may be the "drinking high percentage liquor is good for the digestive tract" story (which I doubt). A better digestion is producing less poisonous gas - so it's an anti-poisonous-gas shell