Original U.S. WWII Inert US Navy 3 Inch / 50 Caliber Shell Trench Art Lamp With Wiring British Flare Guns HAND RED FLARE DISTRESS SIGNALS

HAND RED FLARE DISTRESS SIGNALS

but is definitely not an American or British one

Later versions moved to a flattened "bird's head"

Ampuls ⅓cc: All present

sighting posts some rust

Original U.S. WWII Inert US Navy 3 Inch / 50 Caliber Shell Trench Art Lamp With Wiring British Flare Guns HAND RED FLARE DISTRESS SIGNALSOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. 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 to the present