I think this stuff is "trench art."I have some similar items my grandfather brought home.
He said they were made by him and other guys from buttons or buckles.
I have a belt and buckle he wore to hold his trap shooting pouch.
He "de-kaiserfied" it by denting in the crown.
His lighter, similar to yours, was made from a turnbuckle used on tension wires on planes.
It has a german button on one side and his initials on the other.
Grampaw was a REMF and got his stuff trading with POWs.
He said these items were quite common. I have seen several matchbox covers.
I used to have one with a hammer and sickle badge and hand stamped "Russland Kursk" 27 Pz with the Waloon cross.
It got ripped off years ago-anybody got it?
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