A really lovely & heavy piece of 

French Trench Art 

from the 

Great War's Trenches

in the shape of a hand-made 

Fluted & Crimped Flower Vase

fashioned from an Imperial German 80mm brass casing...

Beautifully crafted from a very clearly stamped 

February 1917 80mm Casing 

manufactured by

Polte

Magdeburg, Germany

and superbly etched,

the front carries the outline of a

French Croix de Guerre

over the engraved date 

1914  -  1918

Measuring some 8.5"" high & 3.5" at its widest..

A really cracking looking French souvenir of The Great War.

 Thanks for looking..!