Shell casing decorated with inscriptions and characters, Qajar work, dated 1918 Copper alloy with chased and champlevé decoration of almond-shaped medallions with a leafy outline decorated with human figures (man on dromedary, turbaned man) and animal figures (lions, deer). Above, a large band with Arabic calligraphy and inscriptions in thuluth giving the date of 1918. French shell from 1917. Height: 17.8 cm; diameter: 10.7 cm This work of chiseling on shells dated 1918 constitutes an original testimony of the trench craft industry of the First World War. A Qajar ingraved French Shell Casing, dated