Model: schwere Feldhaubitze 1902 (sFH 02)
Serial Number: 135
Year of Manufacture: 1904
Manufacturers: Krupp
Country of Production: Germany

Specifications:

Calibre: 150mm (5.9Inch)
Gun Weight: 2100kg
Weight of Shell: 40.5kg
Velocity of Shell: 325 metres per second
Elevation:  0 to 42 degrees

Traverse: 4 degrees left and right
Maximum Range: 7,450m

Theatre of Operations: World War 1 – Western Front.  The Imperial Germany Army went to war in 1914 with 416 of these heavy howitzers.

Capture:  There is no record of which Australian Unit captured this gun.

Bendigo:  This war trophy gun was allotted to the City of Bendigo after WW1in recognition of the City’s war efforts.  The City of Bendigo received this gun in September 1920.  Up until the late 1980’s, the gun was on public display near the poppet head in Rosalind Park.

Item Source:  This gun is the property of the City of Greater Bendigo.  The CoGB has given the Bendigo District RSL permission to hold this gun in trust on behalf of the citizens of Bendigo.