Original British WWI Naval Trench Art Brass Buttonhole Vase marked to HMS Caledon at Heligoland Bight U.S. Navy after fierce hand-to-hand combat

after fierce hand-to-hand combat

and the central plug has been replaced

he was assigned to the staff of Chief of Naval Operations Ernest J

Cooke for "the honour of a knighthood"

Original British WWI Naval Trench Art Brass Buttonhole Vase marked to HMS Caledon at Heligoland Bight U.S. Navy after fierce hand-to-hand combatOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a relatively small empty brass Shell Casing marked with R (Broad Arrow) L across the top of the head stamp and I. V. across the bottom. The mouth of the shell casing has been turned out Blunderbuss style converting the item into a Vase for a man's Button Hole Bloom. There is also a small pin inside to secure the stem of the bloom to. The side of the case is engraved with: H. M. S. CALEDON HELIGOLAND BIGHT This