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MOST WORLD WAR ONE, 1914-1918
Details
A COLLECTION OF TWELVE BRASS AND COPPER 'TRENCH ART' MILITARY CAPS
MOST WORLD WAR ONE, 1914-1918
Made from shell-cases, including one with Royal Army Medical Core badge and leather strap stamped 1916, one cap with badge for the Irish Army (Free State) of the interwar period, made from a 4.5 Howitzer shell, stamped 1935, one cap with wriggle-work engraving 'YPRES FRANCE 240 PRISONNER D.W. FRANCE \ FRITZ RIMKUS', one example with a White Star badge and wriggle-work decoration and engraved '1914-1918', a Russian Officer's copper cap, pre 1917, with hinged underside, probably a snuff box
The Royal Army Medical Core cap -- 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide
MOST WORLD WAR ONE, 1914-1918
Made from shell-cases, including one with Royal Army Medical Core badge and leather strap stamped 1916, one cap with badge for the Irish Army (Free State) of the interwar period, made from a 4.5 Howitzer shell, stamped 1935, one cap with wriggle-work engraving 'YPRES FRANCE 240 PRISONNER D.W. FRANCE \ FRITZ RIMKUS', one example with a White Star badge and wriggle-work decoration and engraved '1914-1918', a Russian Officer's copper cap, pre 1917, with hinged underside, probably a snuff box
The Royal Army Medical Core cap -- 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Irish Army cap: Collection of M. Dineley Esq.