ITALIAN BREDA ARTILLERY SOUVENIR ASH TRAY FIRST VICTORY BATTLE OF GORIZIA 1916

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ITALY MAD LOTS OF ARTILLERY AMMUNITION DURING WW1 BUT TRY TO FIND SOME FOR YOUR COLLECTION. MOST OF IT WAS USED DURING THE WAR AND THE WAR WITH POLAND IN THE 20s.
THIS ELABORATE ASH TRY COMMEMORATES SERIES IN ONE OF THE HEAVY ARTILLERY BATTERIES STATIONED ON PODGORA HEIGHTS. THE HEAVY ARTILLERY WAS CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE BATTLE WHICH WAS THE FIRST DEFEAT BY THE ITALIANS OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARMY.
LATIN MOTTO SAYS " WE WON ALL THE WAR"
FOLLOWED BY " RODGORA 4 - 9 - 1916 "
A LARGE ELABORATE CURSIVE SIGNATURE ABOVE.
THE SHELL WAS MADE BY BREDA AND DATED WITH THE ROYAL ITALIAN CREST .
UNIQUE IN THE WORLD.