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Germany
Shell case 1917-18
Brass | 70 x 38 cm (whole object) | RCIN 69458
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A circular brass shell case from the Leugenboom Battery, mounted on a circular wooden plinth; engraved: 'Leugenboom, (Pommern), December 10th 1918'.
The German built Pommern Battery in the Leugenboom area of Koekelare, Belgium was a 15" long-range gun; the world's largest gun in 1917, with a firing range of around 50km. After the First World War the Battery was visited by King George V, he noted in his diary for the 10th December 1918 'We motored to Leugenboom to see a German 15'' gun in a conrete emplacement with which they shelled Dunkirk, they destroyed it before leaving'. The inscription on this shell indicates that it may have been a souvenir of this visit by the King.Provenance
Formed part of King George V's War Museum at Windsor Castle, established to display his collection of First World War souvenirs; the King was assisted by the Royal Archivist & Librarian John Fortescue (1859-1933). Many of these objects were loaned to the Imperial War Museum in 1936 at the suggestion of King Edward VIII.
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70 x 38 cm (whole object)
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