Brass - Cavalry equipment

• U.S. 105 mm shell casing from World War II
105 MM M14 Type 1: Indicates the caliber and ammunition model. This specific model was used by the famous American 105 mm Howitzer M2A1 (later renamed the M101), one of the most important and widely used artillery pieces of the conflict.
• EMCO: The code of the U.S. wartime manufacturer that stamped the shell casing (Electric Manufacturing Co.).
• 1944: The exact year of manufacture, at the height of the Allied war effort; it was most likely used on the European or Italian front during the advance against the Gothic Line.