Original Belgian WWI Engraved Mess Kit Trench Art Dated 1914 - Featured In The Book “Trench Art, An Illustrated History” by Jane Kimball on Page 224 Russian Artwork & Posters with a small NDSAP Reichsadler

with a small NDSAP Reichsadler (State Eagle) on the front crown

The COLT'S PATENT marking is fully intact as well

though it overshoots just a tiny bit

Otherwise all of the other parts used during construction are all original USGI issue

so if you'd like two please order Qty 2)

Original Belgian WWI Engraved Mess Kit Trench Art Dated 1914 - Featured In The Book “Trench Art, An Illustrated History” by Jane Kimball on Page 224 Russian Artwork & Posters with a small NDSAP ReichsadlerTrench 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 day. Although the practice