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FR01195
LIGHTER- BRASS TUBULAR w/1" tall cap, no striker, 4" high X 1" diameter made from a shell case that I am unfamiliar with (a 1" gun, probably anti-aircraft), rimmed case, "S5", primer marked "C-F/Paris", British button on side, polished, EXC.
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$39.50
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FR10486
MATCHSAFE- w/two four leaf clovers w/town crest and "La Bourboul" engraved beneath. Soldiers often got these in towns in whcih they were stationed, brass, EXC.
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$39.50
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FR10508
MATCHSAFE- w/roundel w/bust of FOCHE and "FOCH le VAINQUEUR", brass, EXC. Typical French soldier's patriotic matchsafe.
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$69.50
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Item No.
FR10566
INKWELL- TRENCH ART: Base is fancy edge cut shell brass with engraving, removeable photo frame backboard is also shell brass w/fancy borders engraved "1918 / SOUVENIR DE DIXMUDE/ YSER", oval cut-out in middle with photo of French soldeir wearing a Croix de Guerre Medale and shoulder cord(unit citation - looks like Legion of Honor), with trench art "bullet pen" and his veterans war service shoulder cord. LOT
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$249.50
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FR10612
SHELL - TRENCH ART 75MM, 1916 dated, all line sawtooth engraved background wsith large oval panel on front depicting a woman sitting on a bed reading a letter (from her soldier) with the French soldier looking in on her at the top right of the panel (he is in a helmet looking over a branch), with "MARCELLE" in panel at bottom (probably the soldier's name). Scenes with "figures" of people are very rare as they are hard to do and usually took a professional engraver to accomplish it.
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$149.50
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