Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps Trench Art Decorated BOFORS 40mm Mk1 Inert Shell - dated 1943 & 1944 Category_Night Sights and the locking ring is

and the locking ring is intact

but does show some chipping

and to insure its proper entrance into the grooves I swage or otherwise form the said cup before the insertion of the projectile in the gun in such a manner that in loading it will enter into the grooves in such a manner that if will not interfere with the free loading of the gun

This stamped sheet steel construction helmet retains about 75% of its original paint

GUY REX BOOR 204955 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Original U.S. WWII Marine Corps Trench Art Decorated BOFORS 40mm Mk1 Inert Shell - dated 1943 & 1944 Category_Night Sights and the locking ring isOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a fantastic piece of Second World War trench art. This started out as a U. S. 4 1943 dated 40MM MK1 round for the British Bofors 40 mm gun, known to the U. S. Marine Corps as the 40 mm Automatic Gun M1. It was then polished up, fitted with a dummy warhead, and decorated with a Marine Corps EGA Cap badge, as well as the date 1944 in large copper letters. The back of the shell has four copper stars attached to it.