Original Belgian Engraved WWI Imperial Russian Model 1897 Mess Kit Trench Art Dated 1914 1915 - Featured In The Book “Trench Art, An Illustrated History” by Jane Kimball on Page 224 Garand & U.S. Rifles Samuel Colt filed and won

Samuel Colt filed and won a historic patent infringement lawsuit against the Massachusetts Arms Company

This is a very nice German manufactured 1934 dated Morse Code key which reads on the bakelite cover:  Vor dem offnen stecker herausziehen (Unplug before opening)

he was a scout master

with a swiveling suspender

Model bayonet: Seitengewehr 84/98 IIIMarkings: 3909 / f

Original Belgian Engraved WWI Imperial Russian Model 1897 Mess Kit Trench Art Dated 1914 1915 - Featured In The Book “Trench Art, An Illustrated History” by Jane Kimball on Page 224 Garand & U.S. Rifles Samuel Colt filed and wonTrench 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 to the present day. Although the practice