| | Trench Art: An Illustrated History, by Jane Kimball |
 | | Trench art items made during the war were in fact created at a distance from the front line trenches either by soldiers ‘at rest’ behind the front lines, by skilled artisans among the civilian population, by prisoners of war, or by soldiers convalescing from wounds as handicraft therapy. |
 | | War souvenirs collected by soldiers or non-combatants during the war and during the demobilization period and modified in some way to serve as a remembrance of the war. |
 | | War souvenirs collected by soldiers and non-combatants on the Western Front included bits of shell fragments, empty shell casings, enemy helmets and other equipment, military buttons (collections of which were frequently made into what are popularly called ‘hate belts’), and nose caps and driving bands from exploded shells. |
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