Original U.S. WWII Aberdeen Proving Grounds Inert Artillery Shell Trench Art Lamp with 81mm Mortar, M1 Mine, and Provenance Note - Functional Spanish Militaria The basket under the feathers

The basket under the feathers is slightly deformed

The repainting has gotten rid of any markings

a nice and low lot number for a helmet manufactured by Thomas Firth & Sons Ltd

originally the plate read ‘‘Cartucho Mauser Argentino 1891”’ but in 1909 Spitzer ammunition was adopted

The holster is very well-marked on the reverse:

Original U.S. WWII Aberdeen Proving Grounds Inert Artillery Shell Trench Art Lamp with 81mm Mortar, M1 Mine, and Provenance Note - Functional Spanish Militaria The basket under the feathersOriginal Item: Only One Available. 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