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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Shells once used on the Western Front are now being turned into poppies by the Royal British Legion to help raise money for heroes

Shells once used on the Western Front are now being turned into poppies by the Royal British Legion to help raise money for heroes

The firing caps were fitted into shells such as these, which would ensure that they exploded on impact Brass firing caps, once designed to set off shells fired along the Western Front, are being melted down and turned into poppies to mark the centenary of the First World War.

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