Original Canadian WWI Inert Ordnance QF 18-Pounder Artillery Round Trench Art Lamp - Functional Scabbards & Sheaths The base is also marked

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which was invented by Edward Stabler of Sandy Springs

sold by a well-known New York cutler

The new case held 70 grains of black powder

This is a full unopened sheet of home front morale buttons from World War Two

Original Canadian WWI Inert Ordnance QF 18-Pounder Artillery Round Trench Art Lamp - Functional Scabbards & Sheaths The base is also markedOriginal 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