Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener milanese feeling like a night sky

feeling like a night sky filled with tiny golden stars

This is one I'd be especially happy to hold on to

I pulled this out of a box filled with pinch pots and the like

Framed (as I found it): 11 1/8" x 8 1/4"

" "He is a rich man who lives within his income

Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener milanese feeling like a night skyI'm pretty certain this dagger like letter opener is a work of trench art, and one certainly made as a sweetheart gift for Betty, from Ed, in 1943. With B for Betty again on the reverse side, encircled twice in the tiny dots decorating both sides of it all over, which look to me to have been burned into the surface using a very fine point. I can never walk away from something like this, so much earnest effort and affection invested in it! Found in