Original German WWI Artillery Shell Casing Trench Art Lamp with Camouflage M16 Helmet Lampshade - Functional Spade Grip Assembly published in 1994

published in 1994

the number in side of the bomb is the year of manufacture

They also have the two buckles at the back for attaching to the braces

Their targets that day were the rail bridge and train yards at Kaiserslautern

recoil buffer

Original German WWI Artillery Shell Casing Trench Art Lamp with Camouflage M16 Helmet Lampshade - Functional Spade Grip Assembly published in 1994Original Item: One Of A Kind. 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