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What is the value of a world war 1 artillery shell It was fired yet did not explode on impact.?
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∙ 15y ago
I must agree with the previous answer. No sensible person would keep an unexploded artillery shell anywhere near them. Unexploded munitions from WW1 kill and injure people in Belgium and France regularly, to this day. Also, even if the shell is relatively stable, in the event of a house fire it could still explode, with possible dire consequences for fire officers or emergency crews. With that said, the cash value of an item like this probably varies from country to country. In Ypres in Belgium (!defused!) unexploded WW1 artillery shells sell for around 30 to 50 Euros. I imagine that the further away from the old Western Front one gets the more valuable they might be, but remember that the British fired 170 million of them in the first world war and the Germans fired something similar, so they are not exactly rare! Finally, be carefull because selling explosive devices is likely to be against the law, wherever you live!
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