Slovakia, I Republic. A Pair Of Eastern Front Trench Art Brass Shells Auction Archive similarly indicating manufacture by Wenger

similarly indicating manufacture by Wenger

The Nazis tried to present Schmeling and Ondra as a German model couple in their propaganda

with insignia of the Reichsbahn service

the obverse centre presents the Limburg mines

Slovakia, I Republic. A Pair Of Eastern Front Trench Art Brass Shells Auction Archive similarly indicating manufacture by WengerA pair of Eastern Front trench art brass shells, including one bearing a dimpled cross overlaid by a Slovak style steel helmet, above a date of 1942 and a partially legible inscription, the base displaying the remnants of marks indicating that the shell is of Soviet manufacture, measuring 92 mm (w) x 275 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition, and; one commemorative shell, the exterior fully dimpled, bearing a raised inscription of ZFRONTU 41 45