Original U.S. WWI Inert US M-1916 Gun 75mm Shell Trench Art Lamp With M-1907 Scovill Fuze - Fully Functional 81mm Mortar The serial number MB351196 on

The serial number MB351196 on the frame and data plate are correct for late June 1944 manufacture

17th Airborne Battalion patch on the left sleeve

• Capturing the Kahili and Kara airfields on Bougainville in September 1943

The liner itself shows only a bit of scuffing around the rim

and it adopted the peaked cap worn by the AFS instead of the peakless sailor-style cap which had been worn by many pre-war fire brigades (including the London Fire Brigade)

Original U.S. WWI Inert US M-1916 Gun 75mm Shell Trench Art Lamp With M-1907 Scovill Fuze - Fully Functional 81mm Mortar The serial number MB351196 onOriginal 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