Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps Trench Art Decorated BOFORS 40mm Mk1 Inert Shell - dated 1943 & 1944 Russian Antique Guns Original Item: Rediscovered

Original Item: Rediscovered

It also still retains the original stock cartouches

It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U

but ceased to concentrate on the paratrooper style shells

The "4" in the date is actually upside down

Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps Trench Art Decorated BOFORS 40mm Mk1 Inert Shell - dated 1943 & 1944 Russian Antique Guns Original Item: RediscoveredOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic piece of Second World War trench art. This started out as a U. S. 4 1943 dated 40MM MK1 round for the British Bofors 40 mm gun, known to the U. S. Marine Corps as the 40 mm Automatic Gun M1. It was then polished up, fitted with a dummy warhead, and decorated with a Marine Corps EGA Cap badge, as well as the date 1944 in large copper letters. The back of the shell has four copper stars attached to it.