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Trench Art


ryandunny

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Hi all. This will probably sound like a silly question(!) But is it highly likely that Trench Art on a British shell would have been done by a British soldier and a German one a German or did it vary?

 

Thanks Ryan. 

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No such thing as a silly question around these parts. As someone who is a fan of trench art, I believe it was made from battlefield pickups. Whatever was lying on the ground was brought home and engraved/modified by someone with the tools.

There are many pics on this forum of French shells with apparently British inscriptions and other combinations.  I have a German bracelet made from a French driving band.

I believe the artefact v maker nationality stats are totally random.

 

Dave 

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Thanks for the reply Dave! Nice to know. I've got a couple of peices of trench art but picked up a 1918 German shell today with Nieuport written across and some artwork on the other side and it made me wonder. Thanks for clearing it up. 

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I've seen many British and German shell cases worked by the French. I've only seen a couple of German cases worked by British soldiers. 

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