An Imperial German Naval 28cm shell case

An Imperial German Naval 28cm shell case, 1 meter and 22cm tall, rim diameter 32.5 cm, case head marked '28CM S.K.L /45/50', maker marked for Polte of Magdeburg, dated for July 1910, lot number '1440' and with Imperial Naval acceptance mark.

The Krupp 28cm SK (Schnelladekanone - quick loading cannon) guns were the main armament of the German Great War era battleships and battle cruisers. A notable example of the use of this shell use was the destruction of the battlecruisers H.M.S. Indefatigable and H.M.S. Queen Mary by S.M.S. Von der Tann and S.M.S. Seydlitz respectively, at the battle of Jutland in May 1916.