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Captain Sensible01 Aug 2025 3:39 p.m. PST

I've had this thing for a long time and was just looking at it today. My Great Uncle made it out of the bottom of a reasonably big artillery shell when he served in the US Navy during WWII. If you turn it over, it is an ashtray. Does anyone know what the markings mean?

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Wackmole901 Aug 2025 4:15 p.m. PST

3-inch/50-caliber aa gun shell produced in 1942

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