Original U.S. WWI Verdun Trench Art Tobacco Can and Table Lighter - 2 Items IMA Merchandise Worn over a red parade

Worn over a red parade tunic in inclement weather but not so cold that a Great Coat was required

There may have been markings on the inside of the saya

but was converted to percussion in the 1840s like many other flintlocks

inscribed JOINER

wreath and swas are in excellent crisp shape

Original U.S. WWI Verdun Trench Art Tobacco Can and Table Lighter - 2 Items IMA Merchandise Worn over a red paradeOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 2 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