WW1 Beautiful Trench Art 18 Pdr Battle of Deyser 1914

WW1 Beautiful Trench Art 18 Pdr Battle of Deyser 1914

A very well done piece of Trench Art with deeply cut into the brass the Coat of arms of Flanders.

Has also engraved Deyser 1914.

Shellcase is dated 1917

The Battle of the Yser (French: Bataille de l’Yser, Dutch: Slag om de IJzer) was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium.^[4] The front line was held by a large Belgian force, which halted the German advance in a costly defensive battle.

The victory at the Yser allowed Belgium to retain a small strip of territory, with Germany in control of 95 per cent of Belgian territory, which made King Albert a Belgian national hero, sustained national pride and provided a venue for commemorations of heroic sacrifice for the next hundred years.

WW1 Beautiful Trench Art 18 Pdr Battle of Deyser 1914