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shell case

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  • Other Name

    British 9 pounder Armstrong shell [NZ Wars]

  • Description

    British 9 pounder Armstrong shell

    iron shell with lead coating, used in the New Zealand Wars; shell has been painted coral pink, priming paint; hollow; brass threading on interior of top, nose missing; stuffed with paper; marks on side: circle with A on left and bottom, L on top and right, and an arrow pointed up in the centre ; C/67- ; III.

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1940.55
  • Accession Date
    17 Apr 1940
  • Other Id

    W0937.2 (war)

  • Department
shell case, 1940.55, W0937.2, Photographed by Denise… … Read more

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