Trench Art, Can anyone identify what it is ?

[paull]

I got this trench art in a job lot of stuff

Can anyone identify what it is supposed to be ?



Its a shell with 3 bullets which i think is the foot that it rests on, there are two flaps and like a little seat / bar across

 

[Gspragge]

Looks like the French Mle 1916 HE with a souvenir tip added, with the crest etc. It may have held an inkwell as the case is bent back for two pen rests.

 

[Millsman]

It's a WW1 French 37mm shell. The case has been made into an ashtray and bullets have been added as legs. Id say the badge was a French town's crest. There's no change to the shell head I can see and I have a similar one in my collection.

John.