Milsurp After Hours

Barometer set in section of barrel from German 88

I like that John!

So do I; for many years we had an Alar Bell made from the fuze setting rings of an artillery shell, the clapper was a fired bullet from a German 7.92mm hung on a bit of brass probably cut from a rifle cartridge and the curved handle was made from the obturating ring of a fired shell, presumably also German. It was sent to my mother by a soldier pen friend during the First World War.
He was the batman/bodyguard/ altar server for a Catholic Padre who wrote to Mum after the Armistice to tell her that Gordon had been killed.
They were going through a trench system to make sure no one was left behind and having finished they climbed out into open ground, safe enough, the war was over, that’s when some frustrated German decided to get one last kill.

Unfortunately I never asked Gordon’s surname and the surviving photos are just signed ‘’Gordon’’.

Unfortunately also the bell was lost in a house move along with a small pocket Missal, in French and Latin, that Gordon had sent.

Not exactly "trench art" I'd think. Carving out slices of an artillery barrel would probably take more than a hacksaw and a lot of time and muscle.
Here's a youtube I found just now that tells a lot about the German 88. Actually more than I wanted to know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWm-TUkY28k&t=20s

Yeah, this was obviously a commercial product. I think my Uncle picked it up after the War when stationed in Germany in late '40s early 50's.

I could see that it was a commercial venture after the war sometime. Kind of a war fanatic Franklin Mint thing. Wonder if those bands that proport to be slices from a gun tube are "real" or just "look" like a replica slice if a gun barrel could be sliced up? The polished chrome looking edges wouldn't be the real thing of course. Maybe like icing on a birthday cake of the real thing or something else cast and chromed? Still an interesting object whatever it really is.

The only one I have is this, posted pics many years ago. Have since replaced the missing round so now it has
all 3 legs. It's a 3" round for a Navy deck gun. Has a star riveted on 3 sides. No history on it.

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