Original U.S. WWI Brass Trench Art Lot Featuring Château-Thierry Engraved Letter Opener - 4 Items Iraq and Somme Rivers

and Somme Rivers

and on the frame underneath grips

The shell is maker marked with a stamping on the underside of the rim that reads ZC 46

the homeland and humanity

Original U.S. WWI Brass Trench Art Lot Featuring Château-Thierry Engraved Letter Opener - 4 Items Iraq and Somme RiversOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 4 Available. Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them. Not limited to the World Wars, the history of trench art spans conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars