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WWI Artillery Shell Casing

Date1918
DimensionsOverall: 29.2 x 8.3 cm
Credit LineGift from the London Public Library, London, Ontario, 1962
Object number1962.085.002
Label TextCanadians soldiers collected and traded objects like this shell casing, which was retrieved from the battlefield at Ypres, Belgium, in 1918. During the First World War (1914-1918), the Canadians gained a reputation as avid souvenir hunters.
NameShell, Artillery