Calibre: 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 02

Produced in 1902, this 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 02 field gun was captured by the 60th battalion on April 13, 1917 in the Bois de la Folie after the Battle of Vimy Ridge in Pas-de-Calais, France. The initials R W and the numeral II on the gun stand for Reich Wilhelm II, referring to the German emperor Wilhelm II. The motto Ultima Ratio Regis means "The king's ultimate argument." This kind of detailed inscription became impossible with the mass production of field guns during the First World War.

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