Original U.S. WWI 130th Field Artillery Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen with Cup Brunswick Rifle The top of the shaft

The top of the shaft is intricately wrapped in copper wire bound below a short leather neck indicating that this club was carried by an Impi inDuna (regimental commander)

literally straight out of the attic

Lock marked with very clear Crown over G

dotted with green threads) - the Fourragère encircles the shoulder and passes under the armpit

Measuring 36" x 24" with gold thread fringe it is constructed of substantial red brocade with very heavy gold thread embroideries of three Crowns over "V

Original U.S. WWI 130th Field Artillery Named Trench Art M1910 Canteen with Cup Brunswick Rifle The top of the shaftOriginal Item: One of a kind. This is a standard M1910 aluminum canteen made in 1918 and stamped on the reverse U. S. AGM Co. 1918. However, this is not just an ordinary canteen but a canvas for a very skilled (and bored) engraver (soldier) named George E. Page of Pittsburgh Kansas was assigned to Battery C. 130th Field Artillery Regiment, 35th Division. Apparently George had lots of down time in the trenches during the Great War. The canteen features