Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20 Nov 2019
A British 8 pounder artillery shell case
A British 8 pounder artillery shell case, dated 1910, engraving to the side identifying the case as being from the first salvo fired by the 368th Battery R.F.A. when it went into action in Gallipoli on May 5th 1915; together with a presentation mounted piece of oak from H.M.S. Victory, carved with a thistle, and with brass plate bearing a dedication to a retiring member of Royal Naval Museum staff. [2]