Trench art vase made from a 2 Pounder shell case. The mouth of the case has been flared to produce the vase effect and the case once had a gilt finish which is wearing away. The body of the case is ...

One source of trench art often overlooked was the major department stores. In the immediate post-war period they offered to turn war souvenirs such as shell fuze heads – often brought back by soldiers ...

It has been decorated with tapestry work to spell out the name of its maker, W A Holland, and the ship in which he served, HMS Minotaur. Decorated shell cases are perhaps the most common type of ...

This WW1 Decorated Shell Case is now used to keep Knitting ... were punched in by the soldiers by a nail in a trench. I'm not really sure how it came into his property, but I know that it has ...

Brass trench art vase made from an Italian 47 mm anti-tank shell casing. The top is flared and a copper Rising Sun badge is affixed 110mm above the base. The shell is impressed 'TOBRUK 1941'. Trench ...

you would most likely be operating out of a trench. Trenches became valuable to WW1 armies because they were a defensive solution to modern weaponry. Before the war, many people thought that the ...

Jean Thomson qualified as a doctor after treating WW1 patients in Glasgow A nurse's ... gives an insight into how mentally-scarring conditions like shell shock were treated during the conflict.