'Palestine' trench art

[MikeyH]

Picked up this nice example over the weekend.  As can be seen it is

from the Palestine campaign and dated 1917-18.  The maker has also

inscribed his wife or girlfriends name to the other side of the blade,

'KATE'.  The bullet used is a German manufactured Mauser round,

with Turkish markings in the usual 4 quadrant pattern.  The date 

seems to be 1913.  Was heavily tarnished, but has cleaned up well.

 

Mike.

Edited 1 April , 2019 by MikeyH

[Dave66]

27 minutes ago, MikeyH said:

Picked up this nice example over the weekend.  As can be seen it is

from the Palestine campaign and dated 1917-18.  The maker has also

inscribed his wife or girlfriends name to the other side of the blade,

'KATE'.  The bullet used is a German manufactured Mauser round,

with Turkish markings in the usual 4 quadrant pattern.  The date 

seems to be 1913.  Was heavily tarnished, but has cleaned up well.

 

Mike.

Looks so much better cleaned, nice piece.

 

Dave.

[chaz]

Dave, you think so?

i would say it's lost its authenticity and charm... But that's my opinion.

[MikeyH]

9 hours ago, chaz said:

Dave, you think so?

i would say it's lost its authenticity and charm... But that's my opinion.

 

My personal feeling is that both it's creator and Kate, would

have been horrified to see the condition it was in when found.

 

Mike.

[Dave66]

33 minutes ago, MikeyH said:

 

My personal feeling is that both it's creator and Kate, would

have been horrified to see the condition it was in when found.

 

Mike.

Loved and cherished, sometimes to the point of all the markings being rubbed away over a century is just as much "patina" as brass that has gone black....but it does depend on the individual item. Things that this would have been polished very regularly and displayed with pride.

 

Dave.

[chaz]

As I said, my opinion. My trench art is as bought. I've seen cars and bikes polished so much concours condition they would never have come out of the factory that good. An ex tool supplier rebuilt and trailered his bikes everywhere to win prizes, mine were repainted, polished good enough to mot then ride. More appealing that way and you are not afraid to touch them or fear something falling on them.   Just an opinion.