Original U.S. WWI Marine Corps Belleau Wood “Trench Art” Handmade Fife Musical Instrument Named to T. M. Hill U.S.M.C. 1917-18 French Flags This faintly etched bowie dates

This faintly etched bowie dates back to the later part of the California Gold Rush in the Mid 1880s

based on the paint around it

The wire stock folds and extends and the butt plates folds flat

It has had a bore width hole drilled into the body

The box itself measures 16 ¼ x 5 ¼ x 1”

Original U.S. WWI Marine Corps Belleau Wood “Trench Art” Handmade Fife Musical Instrument Named to T. M. Hill U.S.M.C. 1917-18 French Flags This faintly etched bowie datesOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous handmade wooden fife (as in Musket, Fife, and Drum) from World War I with a spectacular inscription attributing it to Belleau Wood, the most prolific battle in Marine Corps history. The fife measures 21 long and is very crudely constructed. The fife is inscribed: T. M. HILL U. S. M. C. BELLEAU WOOD 1917 18 In our research we have been unable to find an exact match for T. M. Hill, with the closest