Round cylinder, inlaid with silver, engraved, with organic interlace decoration and Hebrew and English inscriptions refering to the “Conquest of Jerusalem, 24th Kislev / 9th December 1917.” Marked on base: “Krupp, Magdeburg, 1915.” H: 195mm.

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FINELY DECORATED BRASS SHELL CASE VASE. Bezalel School, Jerusalem, 1917.

For other examples, see Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel, no. 630, p. 54. This particular case however, is striking for it’s historical specificity