Posted 12 months ago
Golgatha
(215 items)
This shortened grenade casing from the Danish army is a thrift store find. Hight 5.0 cm. Diam. 13.3 cm. Weight 2.65 kg. Apparently from 1950. I don't know what the rest of the inscriptions mean. And I don't know what it has been used for. As an ashtray perhaps ?
Not a grenade casing. It is a shell casing for a 20 pounder, mark 2. Believe that was a naval gun, based on size posted.
It is trench art. The applied hat brass is nice— not sure on it as I am not that knowledgeable on non US items.
Many uses— ash tray, paperweight, loose change collector…. Who knows, but the felt on bottom/ badge orientation indicates it was made to sit open side up.
scott
Many thanks scottvez for the comment !
The early Centurion tanks that Denmark used had 20pd guns.
Many thanks BHIFOS for the comment !
The tanks rounds were 84mm.
Poster measured this as 133mm.
scott