Original U.S. WWI Inert US M-1916 Gun 75mm Shell Trench Art Lamp With M-1907 Scovill Fuze - Fully Functional 81mm Mortar 17th Airborne Battalion patch on

17th Airborne Battalion patch on the left sleeve

But while their long journey was over

this is what was used in the coal mines in the late 1800's and right up to WW1 and also used for trench illumination

The serial number MB351196 on the frame and data plate are correct for late June 1944 manufacture

- Navy Blue Royal Grenadiers side cap with a red crown with gold piping around it

Original U.S. WWI Inert US M-1916 Gun 75mm Shell Trench Art Lamp With M-1907 Scovill Fuze - Fully Functional 81mm Mortar 17th Airborne Battalion patch onOriginal 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