Help please --- What is this ?

[Midlad]

A friends young grandson has been doing a school project on WW1 but has been stumped as to

what the silver object is at the bottom of the picture. Can anyone help ?

He has searched the internet library etc. and the best he has come up is a container for bullets.

Thanks

midlad

[Treetotal]

I wonder if it's a piece of "Trench Art"
Carol

[philipsearching]

I wonder if it's a piece of "Trench Art"
Carol

I have seen a similar piece of trench art - a bullet casing transformed into a match holder (it would keep the matches dry, but wouldn't hold many!)  Can you tell if it is silver or could it be plated?

Philip

[Treetotal]

It looks crudely made and fashioned to fit on a belt by the look of it.
Carol

[Midlad]

Thank you all for your advice unfortunately he was only given the picture  to try and find out what it

was so don't know if it was silver or silver plated

midlad

[suzi600]

something to put sixpences in ??

[Treetotal]

Thank you all for your advice unfortunately he was only given the picture  to try and find out what it

was so don't know if it was silver or silver plated

midlad

It looks more like brass to me.
Carol

[alanmack]

Well I thought pewter for the material. It's difficult to tell from just the picture. I wondered if it was a measure of some sort originally. We do not know if the item is complete or just a part or something adapted.

[fifer1947]

It looks more like brass to me.
Carol

and me Carol.

I have a large brass shell casing (6" x 15" approx) which I use as a decorative walking stick/umbrella holder and also had a pendant made from a brass WW1 bullet case.