Trench Art

[SIM]

Does anyone have any knowledge about trench art? I have what appears to be a 3 inch shell and projectile that has a mermaid and fish stamped into the powder casing.  The fuze plate was previously cut off the powder canister, so I do not have any markings to reference.
 Ive just spent 2 days cleaning this brass piece and have been surprised at the work that went into its making.

 

[lyric1]

While on trench art my identical twin uncles served in the same unit in the Australian army in WWII. They were at a captured Japanese airfield that had numerous A6M-3 wrecks they cut off a part of the propeller and turned it into a cribbage board.















Sorry for the hijack SIM. 

[SIM]

Glad you did! That is a nice piece!

[Nefarious]

Ive just spent 2 days cleaning this brass piece and have been surprised at the work that went into its making.

be careful not to remove the patina, it could hurt its value.

[SIM]

The patina was long gone before I began my work. At some point someone has tried to use some sort of chems to clean the brass, and whatever was used had formed runs similar to an over-spray of paint.