A rare British 18-pounder, alongside the more common German 15-pound example.
AUCTION 83 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps, Ceremonial Objects, Fine & Graphic Art
Lot 225
TWO BEZALEL-DECORATED BRASS ARTILLERY SHELL-CASES
A rare British 18-pounder, alongside the more common German 15-pound example.
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
Each cylinder with registers of acid-etched organic patterning, marked Bezalel on verso and each with central designs. The first with rampant British lion set within Star-of-David. The second featuring the insignia of the Royal Army Medical Corps: The Rod of Asclepius, surmounted by a crown, enclosed within a laurel wreath along with the regimental motto “In Arduis Fidelis” (Faithful in Adversity). H: 11.5 and 11 inches (29.2 and 28 cm).