art of war

a vase made from a shell casing.
"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" (Wikipedia)

[Dione Giorgio]

The maker of this vase must have been very talented.

[Joyce]

Trench art is so often amazing and represents so much. Fav

[Babs]

Fabulous trench art, some of our soldiers were so creative. Love the military teddy in the background.

[gloria jones]

Wonderful trench art

[Pat Knowles]

Well for some strange reason you had gone off my follow list! It's happened before but no idea how! Great & better use for those shell casings, I have never heard of trench art before.

[Nina Ganci]

wow! this is incredible! amazing art!

[Dawn]

Wow awesome pic and story

[Gayle]

Great shot and very interesting information about trench art.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

People can be really clever when they have to be! Nicely captured. Is this in a museum?

[Robyn]

A very unusual piece of art

[Leana Niemand]

How interesting and a great shot as well.

[Arthur Loosley]

Quite an historic artefact, which would have meant a lot to the family of the soldier.

[Paula]

Fabulous!

[Disha Parekh]

It's beautiful! Such a great find!

[Chris K]

@olivetreeann this was in the ANZAC display at my friend's retirement village.

[Chris K]

@sangwann @thistle @onewing @seattlite @happypat @ninaganci @dawnee @gaylewood @flyrobin @leananiemand @wordpixman @paulavdmerwe @dishaparekh176

thankyou all for your comments and favs. Very pleased to have been able to share this special object with you

[Veena Gupta]

Good workmanship. Quite intricate and must need good tools. Fav.

[Chris K]

@veengupta thans Veena. Many interesting objects were made from these materials