Trench Art 50 Caliber Shell Casings Salt and Pepper Shakers, circa 1941
- Containers:
- 08.0134 - Box 1, Object 003
- Scope and content:
This item consists of two chrome-plated expended 50 caliber machine gun shell casings that were recovered by Bertsch Jr. on board the U.S.S. Case on the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He subsequently had the two shell casings converted to salt and pepper shakers each bearing a plate of the seal of the Territory of Hawaii.
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- Location of this collection:
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