German WWI Items

MikeP · 01-31-2007, 11:41 AM

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?

01-31-2007, 11:41 AM	#7
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	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?