Original U.S. WWII Japanese Plane Trench Art Shell Ashtray with Navy Dog Tags & Travel Diary on Plane Wings - Robert James Dillon Category_Snider Rifle Accessories Frank Richtig made knives for

Frank Richtig made knives for about 50 years from the 1930's to the 1970's

The pommel plate is well-embedded into the bottom of the grip and is a very interesting but correct design for the period

Blade is 8 inches long and 1 inch wide

with some wear through and oxidation on the edges

so we are not able to make out any markings

Original U.S. WWII Japanese Plane Trench Art Shell Ashtray with Navy Dog Tags & Travel Diary on Plane Wings - Robert James Dillon Category_Snider Rifle Accessories Frank Richtig made knives forOriginal Item. One of a Kind. 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 to the present