Slovakia, I Republic. A Personalized Slovak Army Eastern Front Trench Art Shell Auction Archive 80 mm (w) x 49

80 mm (w) x 49

It is named to Berta Krall from Austria

followed five months later by his qualification as an Infantryman Attack Gunner Group 2 on May 5

he was taken on strength at the Canadian Army Service Corps Training Depot at Shorncliffe

the reverse is stamped “Aufn

Slovakia, I Republic. A Personalized Slovak Army Eastern Front Trench Art Shell Auction Archive 80 mm (w) x 49Constructed of brass, the sides displaying an intricate and highly detailed design consisting of raised flowers and branches on a dimpled background, with the latter displaying an etched inscription of VCHODN FRONT (EASTERN FRONT), with the lower portion pounded into a ribbed base, the lower rim notably etched with a maker or owner name of SLOB. K. KOLMAKA, the base displaying calibre markings, measuring 100 mm (w) x 385 mm (h), in extremely fine