Original Italian WWI Theater-Made Shrapnel Shell Fragment Trench Art Desktop Picture Frame with Carcano Round MG 34 Reciever Assembly which were designated "Female"

which were designated "Female"

The knife is in very good condition

It was a small percussion concealable pistol made by "DERINGER" that John Wilkes Boothe used to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in 1865

The tang is dated 1826

Five of 6 are clear

Original Italian WWI Theater-Made Shrapnel Shell Fragment Trench Art Desktop Picture Frame with Carcano Round MG 34 Reciever Assembly which were designated "Female"Original Item. One of a Kind. This is a great & unique piece of WWI Trench art, made from shrapnel recovered from the mountainous Italian front. Many different pieces of shell fragments were welded together with a Carcano round and projectile also added for use as a desktop picture frame. The set is rather macabre, but a very symbolic piece of WWI history. The set measures 7 x 6 x 3 and there is room for a roughly 2 x 3 photograph to be mounted behind