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    WWI Cyrillic Dedication on 80mm Shell Case

    Hi
    I'm rather hoping someone can help me with this interesting piece of 'Trench Art'. It is an 80 mm artillery shell case that has a quality engraved dedication on the brass body as well as gold applied officer's signatures. These are more often seen on Russian cigarette cases. I have shown it to a Russian speaker and they assure me that the text isn't Russian. Can anyone tell what origin and also translate. I have written down the text.
    Kind regards
    John
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      The first five words are places in Georgia. The giveaway is the large city of Батумъ (Batumi), then you have some villages listed. Could not find much on the second set of words, with one exception which happens to be a place in Turkey. I suspect those are all locations too.

      Spelling is old Russian, most likely this is from before or shortly after the revolution.
      Last edited by Albert; 03-05-2017, 09:02 PM.

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        Hi. That is very helpful. I had suspected it may be related to the Caucasus conflict. Thanks & regards
        John

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          Given albert's advice, I've managed to translate (I think) Batumi,Erge,Maradidi, Borçka, Artvin and Salalet. These are all places on the Turkey - Georgia border, near the Black Sea. The Campaign was during WWI. The shell case is a 76.2 mm artillery.
          Regards
          John

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