A BRASS TRENCH ART ARTILLERY SHELL STICKSTAND

A BRASS TRENCH ART ARTILLERY SHELL STICKSTAND

DATED '1942'

applied with four Royal Artillery crests, including one surmounted with the Royal Coat of Arms, inscribed 'Director, Royal Artillery Museum, 1990-1998, With thanks, for your, wonderful support', further stamped '37" Gun, Lot 3196, RLB, 1942' to the base

67.5cm high

Provenance

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

The Royal Artillery Museum was one of the world's oldest military museums. It first opened to the public in Woolwich in 1820. Edmund de Rothschild was a director between 1990 and 1998.