Hi Tim
I have a Boer War period h/m silver shell that is clearly a pepper shaker! I think that it would have been part of a set and I would love to find the salt shaker...
Can I suggest that your object formed a similar function with the holes in the "nose"?
As has probably been said elsewhere, the souvenir industry went into high gear post-WW1 and they knocked out napkin rings and lots of other stuff of varying quality.
Then there were the items made from shell cases, bullets, etc.
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