TRENCH ART WORLD WAR TWO ASHTRAY

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 present day. Although the practice flourished during World War I, the term ‘trench art’ is also used to describe souvenirs manufactured by service personnel during World War II. Some items manufactured by soldiers, prisoners of war or civilians during earlier conflicts have been retrospectively described as trench art. Selling a great piece of trench art. This is an ashtray that was made using part of a military shell ! Pretty solid and heavy about 7 pounds. Size – 5 1/2 inches across , 2 1/2 inches high. What so interesting about this item is the soldier used pennies that were bent. On one of the pennies you can see its a 1945 penny so this was made late in the war maybe when the soldier was in Germany. Unlike a lot of trench art there is evidence on the trench art of when it was made!