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kenobihater · 6 months ago

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my new trench vase!! it's a tree trunk made from a german shell dated february 1916! specifically it was a 77 x 234 mm r manufactured by GeschossFabrik Spandau and fired by a 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. likely on the western front. it was certainly a post war civilian creation judging by the crest that was left blank for tourists to inscribe their own initials on, but it was a steal and SO cool that i had to buy it :^)

#len speaks #len's stuff #<- ig i'll use this tag going forward if i buy and cool vint pictures or anything else i find cool #it ended up in england so i'd bet money on it being from france or belgium #this is a very atypical example of a vase btw. i've NEVER seen a tree depicted but it was so unique and affordable that i snapped it up #i have my eye on a couple more but i refuse to buy both and they're both more expensive so idk if i'll buy #also i wanna stress i do not care for or know anything about weapon specifications. that part of military history always bored me to tears #and so the info i listed that i'm sure no one will care about was found on a forum after i googled some of the markings and measurements

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