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shell case

human history
  • Other Name

    shell case, WW1

    5/636A Major GR Hutchinson, NZ Army Service Corps, NZEF

  • Description

    shell case, WW1

    iron shell case, metal base, copper rotating band; hollow; evidence of firing: riffling on exterior body and large gouges on base and rotating band; brass lip and threading at top; evidence of worn red and blue paint on exterior; shell without nose cone; collected by 5/636A Major GR Hutchinson OBE m-i-d, NZ Army Service Corps, WW1.

  • Other Id

    W0376 (war)

  • Department

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