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genuine 1st world war trench art paper knife.

Darrol

Darrol

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i have had this in my collection for some years now and thought i should post this one due to its construction of two french 8x51 lebel cartridges and a shrapnel ball in the split bullet with a blade made from some shell.havent seen many as nice as this one.the blades engraved SOUVENIR OF KEMMEL .this was in a frends family for many many years .i found this one interesting .cheers DARROL.:tinysmile_fatgrin_tIMG20110312_013.jpgIMG20110312_012.jpgIMG20110312_011.jpg
 
Nice letter opener Darrol, I have not seen one with a shrapnel ball attached before. I have a few letter openers myself here is a couple made from drive bands.

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Hi .the copper drive band knifes are harder to come by and the work that someone put into youres is really fine .havent seen one that detailed before.regards Darrol.
 
Darrol - I suspect your paper knife is a post war souvenir made for the many visitors to the WW1 battlefields in the 1920s. I have a Belgian 7.65mm cartridge case engraved with "Hill 60", the only problem being that it is a 1929 cartridge!

Regards
TonyE
 
hi tonyE ive been asured by the family that its been with them since the great war . either way its a handsome piece.i have another paper knife that what could be a 7.35 but i cant read the headstamp because of a solderd on bullet.will put more pics up soon.regards Darrol:ridinghorse:
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The skill and time it took to produce this trench art it fantastic and I'm alway happy to see all and any exaples keep them coming please.

REgards John
 
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