Kike Posted 4 March Share Posted 4 March Hi all I just got this today I been researching the name on the front but can’t find anything I think it says hassicny or massicny I think but not sure also photos of base if you can help its 1917 with JUNI, HL, St , 62% Cu, HL35 on base ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 4 March Share Posted 4 March (edited) I suspect it maybe ?N?assigny or ?M?assigny or ?H?assigny or perhaps of the design is part of the name Chassigny -- a French place name? Chris Edited 4 March by 4thGordons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBsk Posted 4 March Share Posted 4 March Chassigny is a location of France, its a german case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shippingsteel Posted 4 March Share Posted 4 March Yes a German shell case manufactured in June 1917 by the Haniel Luege workshop, indicated by the HL letters. Cheers, SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kike Posted 4 March Author Share Posted 4 March Haniel Luege Düsseldorf (brass factory ? Thanks so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 4 March Share Posted 4 March Trench art is a minefield, literally between turned out by soldiers in the trenches to the streets of towns and villages post war producing souvenirs for those that wanted to revisit or families to visit their lost members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBsk Posted 4 March Share Posted 4 March Most real firm Haniel & Lueg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Lueg#/media/Datei:Haniel_&_Lueg,_Gesamtbild_des_Werkes_1899.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kike Posted 4 March Author Share Posted 4 March Thanks for all your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 10 April Share Posted 10 April On 04/03/2024 at 21:34, chaz said: Trench art is a minefield, literally between turned out by soldiers in the trenches to the streets of towns and villages post war producing souvenirs for those that wanted to revisit or families to visit their lost members. My limited experience and research in this field supports that conclusion. What is also noteworthy is how I have seen many more French cases tranformed in this way that German examples, suggesting the existence of a war-time and post-war cottage-type industry in the most affected regions. Under UK law, the cases were the property of the government for r-use - but not in FRanc? Anyway, IIRC, the topic of this 'commemorative' trade is discussed in Battlefield Tourism: Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of the Great War in Britain, Australia and Canada, 1919-1939 (The Legacy of the Great War), D.Lloyd, Berg Publishers (1998) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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