Original British Earthenware Bottle found in WWI Trench - Marked Davies & Shepheard German Army Heer The small bronze cannon of

The small bronze cannon of the final design was about 28-inches long and weighed some 150-pounds when bolted to its wooden mount

The recent Chinese copies were made too long and over size in the belief that they would be more suitable for the modern American male

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and also has markings on the inside of the shell: S-D-H

This is a most attractive and speculative item that came out of a WWI collection in England only last year

Original British Earthenware Bottle found in WWI Trench - Marked Davies & Shepheard German Army Heer The small bronze cannon ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. Purchased from a regular WW1 Battlefield digger, this is a very nice English Earthenware Bottle marked DAVIES & SHEPHEARD of CHESTER. Originally maybe for Beer but perhaps Soda Water or similar. Research indicates that Davies & Shepheard were Chemists in Chester, and this may have been for mineral water or some other concoction popular at the time. These also were often filled with beer and were used as promotional