French: base d'obusEnglish translation: shell base 
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Military / Defense | | French term or phrase: base d'obus | Art de tranchée, base d’obus taillée et gravée, 1916
A soldier used to it carve a decorative helmet. |
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Marcelina Haftka
Poland
| Note from asker to answererSeems the most likely, as 'shell case/casing' is also used elsewhere. Thanks!
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| shell case
Explanation:
The base itself would be a "hollow case"but in fact the carving was made on the whole length of the case...
| irat56
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  French
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| shell base
Explanation:
Maybe...
| | Note from asker to answerer| Seems the most likely, as 'shell case/casing' is also used elsewhere. Thanks! |
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| shell base, base of shell case (support for, NFG)
Explanation:
If it is just the base, it seems an odd thing to make a helmet from, just as a helmet seems an odd thing to make from any part of a shell case, but that's soldiers for you, maybe. Vases and ashtrays are the more usual fare ...
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**WWII trench art??? I take it then that "trench art" has become the generic term for artwork made from spent military ordnance of any period.**
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I suspect there's a more jingoistic term for a "base d'obus" though!
| Bourth
France
Native speaker of: English
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| bomb shell
Explanation:
shell
obus explosif : high-explosive shell
obus fumigène : smoke bomb
obus incendiaire : incendiary ou fire bomb
obus de mortier : mortar shell
obus perforant : armour-piercing shell
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I think it makes more sense to make a helmet out of a old fashion bomb shell
| Swatchka
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English
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