Original German WWI Trench Art “Dinner Gong” Made From Scrap Artillery Shell Brass As Featured In The Book “Trench Art, An Illustrated History” by Jane Kimball on Page 194 French Ordnance and the outside of the

and the outside of the shell has been painted yellow and red

The SSh-39 was of simple

the 14th Brooklyn held its ground along with elements of the 6th Wisconsin of the Black Hats (Western Iron Brigade)

Both lock plates are also marked correctly with MANTON & CO

Original German WWI Trench Art “Dinner Gong” Made From Scrap Artillery Shell Brass As Featured In The Book “Trench Art, An Illustrated History” by Jane Kimball on Page 194 French Ordnance and the outside of theOriginal Item: Only One 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 to the