Paperweight from a Turkish projectile
IMMA
097/10.11.96/1300
Paperweight from a Turkish projectile
FUNCTIONAL OBJECT
THE MACEDONIAN STRUGGLE
PERSONAL OBJECTS
Penelope Delta’s paperweight. The object consists of: a) The base, which is made of precious red marble and the bottom part has a lining of green felt, b) The silver plague, which is glued to the marble base, holds the shell fragment and is engraved with the inscription AVEROF - 3 DECEMBER 1912, c) An irregular fragment of an Ottoman cannon shell, which exploded on the AVEROF battleship during the Battle of the Dardanelles on 3 December 1912.