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Little trench art


Buster

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I acquired this today from a local collectors shop, it's a small trench art piece, in the shape of  a scimitar, It is made using an imperial  German  7.92mm bullet, the head stamp is marked S ( for spritzer) 67 for 67% ( case alloy content copper) and dated 10/ 15 for October 1915.  Its a nice little addition to my " war chest " collection

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A school friend of mine in the mid 1960s had a very similar example, it was a French 8mm Lebel cartridge, the blade was inscribed Pommera, 1916 and on the side was a Royal Marine Artillery button. His grandfather, who had been with the R.M.A. - and a recipient of the Military Medal -  had made it in one of their behind the lines workshops around the Albert-Amiens area.

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