Shell casing, Dominion Copper Products Company, Canada (D.C.P.co.).
Period: 1917.
Stamped D.C.P.co., 1917, 75 M, No. 3, 3, EP [in square box], 42, 4 [obliterated with over-stamped cross].
Material: Brass.
Condition: good.
Weight: 1186 gr.
Dimensions Height 27.7 cm; diam. top 7.5 cm, diam. bottom 8.9 cm.
Price: 50€
These shell casings were produced in the colonies and sent to the UK and France for filling with explosives before being dispatched to the front ( https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2015/12/05/ww1-18-pounder-shell-casing/ , December 5, 2015).
