My friend is selling this. Is it trench art or made for a special occasion?
My friend is selling this. Is it trench art or made for a special occasion?
It is made for a 'special occasion', but very long after the war. Have seen these ash trays in different designs, had a SS one my self for a while.
Same construction, same greenish filt underneath. No clue who made them or where, but if I remeber correctly I paid 15 euros for mine.
They are fantasy pieces, but some look really cool, but I doubt if they ever existed before 1945. Mine also had the green fake patina on the inside.
Kind of a cool item Dean just think you could stick your butt in Hitlers face any time you felt like it
Sorry could not help my self.
Regards Mark K
Hehe, thanks fellas I suppose it was a good idea I didn't buy it. I spent all my cash on the TeNo rubber ink stamp that day.
This whole "Trench Art" thing is a bit of a sore spot for me..well maybe "sore spot" is a bit strong.
To me Trench art is something made by Soldiers when they have the time..usually crude, but done by the Men. Most WW1 fancy Trench Art ( we all know the brass shell cases with great designs) was done as a cottage industry, and was for sale to Soldiers ect. Items like yours are also manufactured by companies for sale..so what I am trying to get at, is what should we call items that are made for sale as opposed to the items made by Soldiers in the field?
Funny I am just going to post a piece of "Trench Art" myself
Dean O.
Made to fool the unwary, post war fantasy design.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever its just an opinion.
Thanks again for your opinions, gentlemen I'm always happy to hear what others have to say. I had a feeling this was a bit questionable and passed it up. Besides , if I didn't get the TeNo rubber stamp, I would have gotten a late war tropical canteen.( I just posted it)
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