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Letter opener made from .30 caliber rifle cartridge
- Publication Year :
- 1943
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Abstract
- The letter opener, or knife, has a .30 caliber rifle cartridge for its handle, with the projectile still attached. The blade appears to have been soldered onto the bullet projectile. The blade itself is curved and there are no inscriptions aside from what is on the bottom of the bullet.
- Subjects :
- Knives.
Letter openers.
Bullets.
Solder and soldering, depicted.
Metal-cutting, depicted.
Art 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 Equipment and supplies.
World War, 1939-1945 Art and the war.
Coupe-papier.
Balles (Armement)
Soudure.
Métaux Coupe.
Art 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Matériel.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Art et guerre.
bullets.
solder.
Art.
Bullets.
Equipment and supplies.
Knives.
Letter openers.
Metal-cutting.
Solder and soldering.
Birmingham (England) History 20th century.
England Birmingham.
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OAIster
- Notes :
- Title by cataloger. Date taken from headstamp on the bullet., Bottom of bullet shell has the inscriptions "K5", "43" and "B VII Z." This indicates that it is a bullet manufactured in Great Britain by the Kynoch Division of Imperial Chemical Industries at Kidderminster, Worcestershire (K5) in 1943 (43) and is an incendiary Mark VII with nitrocellulose loading (B VII Z).
- Accession number :
- edsoai.ocn976167930