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A shell case embossed with an image of two wounded Tommies approaching the White Cliffs of Dover. Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians [citation needed] where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences.
– collection of World War I shell cases, Trench art. Shell case dedicated to Thomas Alfred Jones Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal – decorated Hearth tiles from the 1880s by William De Morgan (a colleague of William Morris) he studied Lusterware techniques in Italy. £500 each
Pearl donated his trench art objects to the Australian War Memorial but whether this reflects the full extent of that which he produced in the context of war remains a mystery. [ 10 ] [ 5 ] A total of 15 of Pearl's oeuvre are held in the Australian War Memorial 's Military Heraldry collection.
Harry T. Farr was born in 1891. [1] [2] He was not highly educated [3] and lived in poverty. [4]Before World War I, Farr lived in Kensington. [5] He had joined the British Army on 8 May 1908, [6] aged 17, and served until 1912.
In 2001, an 18-year-old committed to a Texas boot camp operated by one of Slattery’s previous companies, Correctional Services Corp., came down with pneumonia and pleaded to see a doctor as he struggled to breathe.
Pearl's Treasure:The Trench Art Collection of an Australian Sapper. 2018. In, L. Slade (ed.), Sappers and Shrapnel:Contemporary Art and the Art of the Trenches, pp 13–27. Adelaide:Art Gallery of South Australia. Trench Art: Objects and people in conflict. In, J. Bourke (ed.), War and Art: A Visual History of Modern Conflict, 2017, pp 209 ...
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Two M1917's at the American Armored Foundation Museum at Danville, Virginia. The Model 1917 featured a forged one piece nickel steel barrel with a semi-automatic vertical sliding wedge breech.