Shrapnel
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gold, oak, marble and metal.
Measurements
120 x 295 x 143 mm
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Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101891
Summary
A fragment from a 30 lber shrapnel shell, mounted on a grey marble base set on oak and inscribed "WSC from MM" in gold and the base with plate engraved "this fragment of a shell fell between us and might have separated us for ever, but is now a token of Union"
Marks and inscriptions
"WSC from MM" and "this fragment of a shell fell between us and might have separated us for ever, but is now a token of Union"
Exhibition history
Churchill - De Gaulle, Musée de l’Armee Invalides, Paris, France, 2015, no.35
References
Churchill - De Gaulle, Musee de l'Armee Invalides, Paris, 10 April - 26 July 2015, cat 35, pp.77