$30.00
This is a NON functional lighter. It is fashioned from a Canada-produced ammunition round like the Tank Abwehr Gewehr, M1918 or T-Gewehr. The lighter is gold-toned. While the lighter breaks in half, its guts are NOT present, only the pad where one adds lighter fluid……
CANADA – LIGHTER – GERMAN ANTI-TANK ROUND
This is a NON functional lighter. It is fashioned from a Canada-produced ammunition round like the Tank Abwehr Gewehr, M1918 or T-Gewehr. The lighter is gold-toned. While the lighter breaks in half, its guts are NOT present, only the pad where one adds lighter fluid.
The lighter’s base features the words “Super Baragge” and “Made in Canada.”
The piece is fine for display.
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CANADA – LIGHTER – GERMAN ANTI-TANK ROUND
This is a NON functional lighter. It is fashioned from a Canada-produced ammunition round like the Tank Abwehr Gewehr, M1918 or T-Gewehr. The lighter is gold-toned. While the lighter breaks in half, its guts are NOT present, only the pad where one adds lighter fluid.
The lighter’s base features the words “Super Baragge” and “Made in Canada.”
The piece is fine for display.
| Dimensions | .75 × .75 × 2.75 in |
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$75.00
This is a soldier’s lighter for use in the trenches. It is another example of trench art. It is in the shape of a book. The interior swings open, revealing the lighter……
GERMANY – LIGHTER – TRENCH ART – BRASS – BOOK-SHAPED
This is a soldier’s lighter for use in the trenches. It is another example of trench art. It is in the shape of a book. The interior swings open, revealing the lighter.
The lighter displays quite attractively. It would make a fine addition to a display of items that a soldier would have owned in the trenches. I do not believe the lighter operates.
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$125.00
This is a silver-toned box that might have been used to hold snuff or pills. It has a hinge so that the box opens by swinging upward……
PILL/SNUFF BOX – DEPICTING FRENCH RAILWAY CAR USED FOR GERMANY’S WW I SURRENDER
This is a silver-toned box that might have been used to hold snuff or pills. It has a hinge so that the box opens by swinging upward. It measures 2″ in diameter and is ½” tall. The upper half features the same design on both the outer and inner sections. The bottom half is silver-toned inside, while its outer section displays a bronze-toned medallion that depicts a railway car. The car is identified for being where the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918. This simple railway car became even more famous in 1940 (twenty-two years later) when Adolf Hitler accepted France’s surrender. He then imposed some of the same harsh terms that had been levied on Germany in 1918.
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$50.00
This is a fancy, brass, trench art match safe. The brass probably came from an artillery shell casing that was dismantled to make various trench art pieces. Trench art was created by soldiers from all WW I’s armies, when they had extra time on their hands in the trenches between battles……
GERMANY – MATCHBOX SAFE – TRENCH ART
This is a fancy, brass, trench art match safe. The brass probably came from an artillery shell casing that was dismantled to make various trench art pieces. Trench art was created by soldiers from all WW I’s armies, when they had extra time on their hands in the trenches between battles. They took bits and pieces of gear and fashioned them into artistic objects. Some common examples were belt buckles converted into match safes, as well as jewelry and letter openers fashioned from shrapnel shards. These often-bored soldiers showed amazing creativity. A great deal of trench art also was created in hospitals as therapy for soldiers recovering from mild to severe wounds.
Many trench art match safes were fashioned in a manner similar to this example, except that their centers were commonly decorated with belt buckle. Our example is three-sided, which allows one to easily insert a matchbox. Each of the three sides sports a different, stippled design. Its creator spent HOURS tapping out these designs with either a small hammer or a bayonet!
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