Trench art what it actually means! | Collectables & Art

madeofcarbon68 · 2024-01-27T18:37:19.160000Z

What does the words "trench art" mean? Well to my understanding, its whatever material a soldier could find in or around there dug-out or trench-line which is a continuous dug-out that may go for miles or just a few meters. It's used to help protect from enemy rifle-fire etc. I'm explaining this to give context to what people on ebay call trench-art. The most common items sold are letter-openers made from complete mauser rifle shells with bullets that are precisely and expertly cut, not possible by hand in the middle of a battle. Or huge artery shells made into brass vases or model aircraft and expertly soldered together. My point is most of this stuff is post war not trench-art which was all sold during the 1970s and 1980s through army disposal stores or war surplus stores. A time when through these stores you could actually still buy world war rifle bayonets, but not anymore. I know all this because that was what my old-man use to do to create fakery items, of which is a story in on itself, also why I have a ww2 german bayonet with scabbard but non matching ID numbers. Remember just because ww2 era items have dates on them does not make them trench-art or because some says so as they are trying to sell it! Actual trench-art can be worth $1,000s of dollars with proof of origin and even more valuable with a providence story with proof! So buyer beware!?

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