WWI Trench Art Hand Hammered Decorated Argonne in Raised Letters

WWI Trench Art, decorated with hammer marks and in raised letters "Argonne"

"The Meuse–Argonne offensive was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice of November 11, 1918, a total of 47 days."

Trench Art has been around as long as war, a war was fought, troops marched and invaded foreign lands but the people involved were people who had families and had time on their hands. Americans involved in WWI were in literally a foreign place, many didnt know the land, the culture, the language. So when not marching and fighting and doing what you do in a war, they had time to "kill". So with many took their ideal hands and made art from what they had an abundance of, brass artillery shells. The land was littered with casings and well the form was there a vase or some type of holder. These pieces would be made and decorated by the soldiers in the Trench and some in the rehabilitation hospitals but ultimately were sent home to love ones and or family members. A lot, like this was had the names of the towns or area where they were. Some of these art pieces were also made by the locals, nothing else to do, they would make these and sell to the Gi's for whatever they could get.

This Tench Art piece and the other one posted come from the same collection, both are around the same time. 
The artillery shell is marked on the bottom with the armament marks

Size: 13 1/'4 inches tall
Condition: very fine with original aged patina, the item has not been altered or cleaned. Please see the images for more details.

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