#shell  casing

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Pile of Shells

Apr 29 1918 Near Domart, war photographer Thomas Keith Aitken takes this photo, IWM Q 10943, of a British soldier wearing a greatcoat as he stands amidst a dump of empty shell cases.

Colourized by givingcolourtohistory April 29 1918-04-29

New-York Tribune Aug 31 1919 “Pile of shells cost the British government $25 each. An enterprising Philadelphian managed to buy them for 60 cents apiece. Now that shell cocktail shakers have gone out of vogue, wonder will he convent them into rolling pins”

May 18 1918 In order to help out the war effort a lot of war material was reclaimed. Here a photographer takes this photo, IWM HU 90284, of women sorting shell cases for recycling.

18 May 1918-05-18

Sep 30 1917 During the Battle of Polygon Wood (Part of the Battle of Passchendaele) war photographer Ernest Brooks takes this photo, IWM Q 2915, of British soldiers resting on a dump of shell-cases, beside the Ypres-Menin road.

30 September 1917-09-30

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Top: a trench art letter opener made with a used shell casing

Bottom: a bullet-shaped pencil holder from a ‘charity bazaar’ held in Madison Square Gardens for ‘the war sufferers’ - that is, returning disabled  veterans

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New-York Tribune Aug 31 1919

"Pile of shells cost the British government $25 each. An enterprising Philadelphian managed to buy them for 60 cents apiece. Now that shell cocktail shakers have gone out of vogue, wonder will he convert them into rolling pins"