Identification needed....

[r.morrison]

Good day all: Still doing some more cleaning and sorting here. Came across a WW1 brass artillery shell casing and was wondering if I could get some help on fine tuning it's actual description. As always....many thanks to all! Cheers....Robert

[Lynn Eades]

Is the 25 at the bottom, a clue?

[rob love]

A good clue would be the diameter of the neck. Would it be about 77mm?

The font of the lettering and numbering appear very German.
St = Strengthened case (Stark)
HL = Haniel Luege Düsseldorf (brass factory)
MAI 1917 = May of 1917



https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/exp...oclc/944444048

[r.morrison]

Okay Rob, the diameter is 77mm and the height of the casing is 22.8 cm high. Attached is a photo. And thanks Lynn!!
Cheers....Robert

[rob love]

77x230 is for the 7,7 cm Feldkanone 96 and Feldkanone 16

[r.morrison]

Well nothing better than a Saturday night with Beer and Brasso! Polished up the brass casing and as per Rob Love's help, it's a German Shell Casing with some trench art. I don't know if it will show very well on the photos but it says "Souvenir From Peronne France". There are no dates on it except the manufacturers on the base (1917). Peronne is in Northern France and was part of the Battle of the Somme. It has a special attachment and memorial to the Australian 2nd Division and is a sister city to Albany Australia. Anyway, I thought I'd share that with the members.
Have a great weekend and cheers Robert

[Mike Cecil]

This was the original 2nd Division memorial near Peronne - a Digger bayoneting a German eagle. For some reason, the Germans didn't like it when they took France in WW2, so it was explosively removed. The post-WW2 memorial is less confronting!

[r.morrison]

Robert