Original British WWI R.F.C. Trench Art Tobacco Jar made from Zeppelin L.31/LZ.72 Shot Down Oct. 1916 French Ordnance and at 1600 hours

and at 1600 hours

USS LST-283 was a LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship

serviced a pipeline that paralleled it to carry fuel all the way to China

These two glasses were held in place by a metal ring on each eyehole

The silver long eared butt cap bears small silver markings to left side and is heavily chased with foliate decorations

Original British WWI R.F.C. Trench Art Tobacco Jar made from Zeppelin L.31/LZ.72 Shot Down Oct. 1916 French Ordnance and at 1600 hoursOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is a charming Tobacco Jar, made from a spent brass anti aircraft shell and aluminum parts that actually came from the Zeppelin L 31. Measures just 3 3 4" tall on its wood stand and just 3" across, this depicts an RFC Bywing Aircraft with a rotating propeller sitting a top the brass Tobacco Container, dated 1916 on the top. A small aluminum plaque to front states: LZ 31 39 SQ Trench art that was never in a trench! The