VERY RARE HISTORIC WW 1-GALLIPOLI BATTLEFIELD RELIC 1915-PIECE COPPER DOME OF CAPE HELLES LIGHT HOUSE MADE INTO A LUCKY HOSRESHOE AND HAND ENGRAVED WITH- DARDENELLES-PIECE OF DOME OF CAPE HELLES LIGHTHOUSE 1915. MEASURES 4\" BY 3 3/4\". EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CAPE HELLES STOOD AT THE POINT OF THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA ENTRANCE TO THE DARDENELLE STRAITS. THE GRAND PLAN TO WIN THE WAR IN 1915 WAS TO TAKE GALLIPOLI, RUN A NAVAL FORCE UP INTO THE BLACK SEA, AID RUSSIA AND DRAW GERMAN FORCES FROM THE WESTERN FRONT TO FIGHT ON A STRONG SECOND FRONT. THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE DEFEAT OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE. THE REALITY, WAS A MISMANAGED DISASTER ON A GRAND SCALE COSTING THOUSANDS THIER LIVES. THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS AT GROUND ZERO FOR THE INVASION OF THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA BY BRITISH,FRENCH, AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS AGAINST THE TURKS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (ALLIES OF GERMANY). THE FIERCE AND SAVAGE FIGHTING IN AND AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE LED TO IT\'S DESTRUCTION. THE 86TH INFANTRY BRIGADE MAKE IT\'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE RUINS. FOR 2 1/2 MONTHS THE ANZAC, BRITISH AND FRENCH BATTLED THE TURKS FOR GALLIPOLI IN TRENCH WARFARE EQUAL TO OR WORSE THAN THE WESTERN FRONT. THE BRAVERY OF BOTH SIDES IS UNQUESTIONED. THE ORDERED CHARGES INTO MACHINE GUNS BY ANZAC AND OTHERS LEAD TO WHOLE UNITS BEING KILLED. THE ALLIES FINALLY WITHDREW AFTER FIGHTING ALL THAT TIME AND NOT REACHING THEIR ORIGINAL FIRST DAY OBJECTIVES. A NUMBER OF MOVIE HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THIS HELL. THIS RELIC MADE FROM A LANDMARK IN THAT FIGHTING BY ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES, THIS A GREAT WW 1 COLLECTIBE.