Slovakia, I Republic. A Pair Of Russian Front Trench Art Brass Shell Cases 1943 United Republic of This is a very unique

This is a very unique and well preserved cuff title that once belonged to a trainee of the School of Non-Commissioned Officers

He died on March 1

Footnote: William Charles Smaill was born on January 30

between an inscription of “DEINE HAND

In 1965 he was hired as a technical advisor for the movie “Battle of the Bulge”

Slovakia, I Republic. A Pair Of Russian Front Trench Art Brass Shell Cases 1943 United Republic of This is a very uniqueA pair of commemorative trench art brass shell cases, including an Eastern Front shell, the exterior bearing an etched inscription of PAMIATKA Z RUSKEJ VOJNY (MEMENTO OF THE RUSSIAN WAR), topped by a Slovak national eagle and cross, in turn flanked by a helmeted soldier, above a personalized dedication, the base with calibre stamps and Cyrillic markings indicating that this example is a captured Soviet shell, in extremely fine condition, and; a second