Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings French Uniforms ISBN 10: 0935554041 / 0-935554-04-1

ISBN 10: 0935554041 / 0-935554-04-1

The lock on this example is marked TOWER across the tail

which meant the gunner had to fire in bursts

known as Fernsprechtornister (Telephone knapsack)

Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings French Uniforms ISBN 10: 0935554041 / 0-935554-04-1Original Item: Only One Set of 3 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