Slovakia, I Republic. A Pair Of Russian Front Trench Art Brass Shell Cases 1943 United Republic of Footnote: William Charles Smaill was

Footnote: William Charles Smaill was born on January 30

This is a very unique and well preserved cuff title that once belonged to a trainee of the School of Non-Commissioned Officers

In 1965 he was hired as a technical advisor for the movie “Battle of the Bulge”

with section of cypher missing

Slovakia, I Republic. A Pair Of Russian Front Trench Art Brass Shell Cases 1943 United Republic of Footnote: William Charles Smaill wasA pair of commemorative trench art brass shell cases, including an Eastern Front shell, the exterior bearing an etched inscription of PAMIATKA Z RUSKEJ VOJNY (MEMENTO OF THE RUSSIAN WAR), topped by a Slovak national eagle and cross, in turn flanked by a helmeted soldier, above a personalized dedication, the base with calibre stamps and Cyrillic markings indicating that this example is a captured Soviet shell, in extremely fine condition, and; a second