This is an old family piece and I don't know how in came to be in the family . Did have some WW1 vets in the family ,but the story is lost . It's made of shrapnel and it quite finely done , hope you like it .
Cheers Chris
Kemmel trench art
This is an old family piece and I don't know how in came to be in the family . Did have some WW1 vets in the family ,but the story is lost . It's made of shrapnel and it quite finely done , hope you like it .
Cheers Chris
Re: Kemmel trench art
Nice piece, I like the engraving! It's hard to say which end is the more deadly however!
Regards, Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Re: Kemmel trench art
I wouldn't want to get hit with either end ! Ruin your whole day .by big ned
Nice piece, I like the engraving! It's hard to say which end is the more deadly however!
Regards, Ned.
Cheers Chris
Re: Kemmel trench art
Very nicely done engraving there, the added details are fantastic!
Re: Kemmel trench art
Excellent workmanship and engraving! A great piece of WWI trench art! I definitely like it!
William
"Much that once was, is lost. For none now live who remember it."
Re: Kemmel trench art
See here fore info on "Kemel".. World War One Battlefields : Flanders: Kemmel & Bayernwald Trenches Chris, great historical item, thanks for showing !
Prost ! Steve.
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