Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings No Return Lemuel Shepherd Jr

Lemuel Shepherd Jr

The Mk V was designed to use an Enfield rifle sling so that it could be supported with the sling around the soldier's neck as was developed for the early Thompson Lend-Lease deliveries to Britain

perhaps prototype

The Army serial number is 169315

The screws are still holding both sides  together tightly

Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings No Return Lemuel Shepherd JrOriginal Item: Only One Set of 3 Available. 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