This stein is a depiction of a 42 cm. (16.5") shell used by the two "Big Bertha" howitzers, deployed in Belgium by the Kaiser's army, during 1914 - 1915. The names listed are the fortresses reduced by bombardment: Lüttich or Liège, Namur, Antwerpen or Antwerp, Longwy, Maubeuge, etc.
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