Anyone collect trench art?

Well, sort of. I have a brass casing from a 105mm howitzer round from a C130 gunship. It is engraved with the logo of the air group and lettering on it reads 'Fired over Iraq during operation Iraqi Freedom'.

I have a beautifull chip carved wall cabinet ,made from crate material. One center panel with a heart shaped cutout, filled with a wonderfull painting of a sailboat with sun breaking thru clouds, and two side panels painted with bucolic farm scenes. (painted on dried fish crate material) Inside the door it is carved, "Plexxus Prosper, Soldat Belge, Septembre 2 , 1916." Someday I'll figure out how to post pics and put it up. Truly a vision of longing for domestic harmony and peace.

Bought an M48 Yugo Mauser a while back that has a very rudimentary shield carved on the right side of the stock, sectioned into quadrants. Farther up the side of the stock, below the rear sight, are the letters "БОГ ЧУВ." Never figured out what it means, but it's "God..." something. Bought the gun for about $50 less than all the other Mausers on the rack, because nobody wanted one that had been "fouled up by that ghastly writing."


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I have a brass casing from a 105mm howitzer round from a C130 gunship.

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Wait - a C130 fires a 105 mm howitzer?

Yeah, the AC-130 Spectre gunship has a couple of howitzers and vulcans mounted on it.



It's the modern version of 'Puff the Magic Dragon' you've seen in Vietnam movies.

I don't know if it's 'trench art' but I have my grandfathers blood-stained Ka-Bar from WWII aswell as a trunk with what looks like a few 30 cal. holes in it. In the trunk are piles of battle plans superimposed over arial reconnossence pictures followed by battle reports and lists of men. The interresting thing about the lists of men is that LOTS of names have been ominously crossed out. Also, my cousin gave me all his old Marine Corps fatigues with my name (last name) on them.

I have countless ammo cans... but who doesn't?

-Dev

Hey 'Card,

The ends of the AC130 guns look orange. Does that mean they're toys?

Regards.

I am not sure what the dictionary definition of trench art is, but here's a 105mm shell (complete with dimpled primer) shaped into a vase/spitoon/something and given to my grandfather upon his departure from HQ I FFORCEV in 1969.

I thought you guys might like this. It's a 20mm round I got at a yard sale last year. Looked pretty gross when I found it, but I buffed the hell out of it and gave it a shot of clear enamel.

The round itself says "K 3 46 H I 1 43" and fuse says "MK.2S - KS". All inert--the whole thing seems to have been filled with lead or solder.

My Dad has a French artilery shell formed into a vase. The German POW did relief stamping,(think tooled leather), that says "Verdun". It also has either oak or maple leaves incised on the rest of the surface. Around the top are points...about 1" wide and tall. Cool looking piece. Dads uncle brought it home from WWI along with a bunch of other stuff...but this is the only surviving piece...too bad.
Mark.

Trench art site

http://www.trenchart.org/

Some look to have been scratched while the solder was stuck in a trench others look like a machinist worked them over. Others I have no idea how that did it.