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A large piece of shrapnel from World War 2. It shows how big these fragments of exploded metal could be and how much damage it could inflict to people and property that were near it when it was formed. It is heavy and is almost the size of an adults palm. Children liked collecting all sorts of thing...

A piece of shrapnel.

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A large piece of shrapnel from World War 2. It shows how big these fragments of exploded metal could be and how much damage it could inflict to people and property that were near it when it was formed. It is heavy and is almost the size of an adults palm. Children liked collecting all sorts of things during the war including things like this.

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24th Feb 2009

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Citizenship, History, ICT, PSHE, Science

Key Stages:
Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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shrapnel exploded metal metal fragments world war 2

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