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	Trench Art: An Illustrated History, by Jane Kimball
		Trench art is a highly evocative term conjuring up the image of a mud-spattered soldier in a soggy trench hammering out a souvenir for a loved one at home while dodging bullets and artillery shells.
		A few types of trench art (finger rings made from melted down aluminum are a good example) could be made easily in a trench during lulls in the fighting, but the hammering involved in making many trench art pieces would have been greeted with unwelcome hostile fire from the enemy.
		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.
	www.trenchart.org (3734 words)

	HELLFIRE CORNER - the Great War - Trench Art
		Trench Art is the common though misleading name given to these objects, and which were made in metal, cloth, wood and bone, by soldiers, Prisoners of War, and civilians between 1914 and 1939.
		Trench Art made by soldiers, in the front-line and behind-the-lines, is, perhaps surprisingly, the smallest category quantitatively speaking, due mainly to the period of manufacture being restricted to five years.
		Many Trench Art objects found their way back to Britain (as well as Commonwealth and various European countries) during this time as heart rending souvenirs, where they were displayed in the hallway, on a living room mantelpiece or bedroom dresser, ensuring that memories of loved ones were only ever a glance away.
	www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk /saunders.htm (3859 words)

	Art from the Trenches by Edward X. Young, Monadnock Ledger, 4/24/2003
		The term "trench art" can be used to describe any objects made by soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians from materials associated in time and space with armed conflict or its consequences.
		Unfortunately, because some officers in the trenches frowned on the soldiers using recyclable war materials, which were technically government property, for artistic purposes, many of the battlefield artists remain anonymous because they were afraid to sign their names to their handiwork.
		Hunter considers it is a tragedy that for decades the significance of trench art had largely been forgotten or ignored by military historians and dismissed or devalued by art critics.
	www.exyoung.com /Journalism/ML_TrenchArt.htm (1282 words)

	Unravel the Gavel
		Trench art, a form of art almost always, if not always, will be done by a soldier, and any serious collector of trench art will want the piece to be GI done.
		Trench art is a term that military collectors/dealers have given to pieces that soldiers have made into a variety of objects from shell casings.
		Trench art is a category still up and coming; more people are starting to collect trench art due to the fact it is still in most cases a reasonably priced item with a great variety to choose from.
	www.thegavel.net /milart.html (471 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Timeline: British Trench Warfare 1917-1918
		A system of trenches must therefore be designed which facilities the preparation and launching of an unexpected assault, and at the same time is adapted to meet a sudden attack by the enemy.
		The repair, maintenance, and improvement of the trenches furnish ample work to afford employment to the troops, who must be made to understand that this work reacts in their own favor in the shape of increased security and comfort and conditions more favorable to health.
		The construction of new trenches in sight of the enemy, and much of their maintenance and repair, the construction, repair, and improvement of obstacles, and in many cases the bringing up of materials and stores and the relief of the garrison, can not be carried out by daylight.
	www.worldwar1.com /tlbtw.htm (1953 words)

	HELLFIRE CORNER BOOKSHELF - Trench Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The genre isn't limited to objects made by soldiers in the trenches, whiling away their spare time; it also encompasses objects made behind the lines and even commercially after the war, as souvenirs to be sold to visitors.
		In this book he considers the different types of trench art, suggesting an effective set of guidelines by which they can be classified, and also the way in which they were produced, the wide range of materials used and the reasons behind their manufacture.
		But as Nicholas Saunders says in his introduction, we have to consider Trench Art not as a phenomenon of the war years, nor as a commercial hangover from the year which followed, but as a strong statement of Remembrance to inspire us today.
	www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk /reviewtrenchart.htm (245 words)

	Snyder's Treasures -- Trench Art and Military Lighters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This is a very rare and unusual piece of trench art, made from the shell casing of an 18-Pounder field artillery piece belonging to the "C" Sub Section, 68 Battery, Canadian Field Artillery assigned to the North Russia Expeditionary Force (OPERATION ARCHANGEL) dated April 1919.
		This is a theater-made trench art ring made from Zeppelin aircraft frame aluminum and shell brass forming an Iron Cross.
		This is a USMC French theater-made trench art ring made from artillery shell brass with an applied miniature French Croix de Guerre War Cross.
	www.snyderstreasures.com /pages/trench_art.htm (3958 words)

	Amazon.com: Trench Art: An Illustrated History: Books: jane A. Kimball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Trench art is still being produced today, and will likely continue as long as there is conflict.
		Trench art is an area with so little reference material published that even those of us who have been collecting for years can't know what is out there until we actually see it.
		Trench art is unique, the creation of sometimes beautiful, often novel and perhaps practical objects of art.
	www.amazon.com /Trench-Art-Illustrated-jane-Kimball/dp/0975597108 (1584 words)

	Trench Art: An Illustrated History by Jane A. Kimball ... Silverpenny Press
		Largely neglected beyond a circle of devoted collectors until recently, trench art is experiencing a revival of interest by museums and collectors on both sides of the Atlantic.
		In her long-awaited book on trench art and related war souvenirs, Jane A. Kimball places the diverse body of objects known as trench art within their social and art historical contexts.
		She has been a collector of trench art for many years and has a collection of more than a thousand pieces.
	www.atlasbooks.com /marktplc/01283.htm (326 words)

	Art of the Trenches Exhibit - U.S. Embassy Budapest, Hungary
		An exhibition titled "Art of the Trenches" opened in the Museum of War History in Budapest on September 7, 2006.
		The exhibition showcases metal trench art objects created by military and civilian artists in the trenches of France during the first World War, also art pieces of post World War II made in the United States, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Belgium and Czechoslovakia are on display.
		Makers of trench art utilized artillery shells, bullets, shrapnel, aircraft parts, currency and other miscellaneous metal scrap and applied materials for their works of art.
	hungary.usembassy.gov /trench_art.html (153 words)

	Trench Art
		Strictly speaking, Trench Art is the term applied to objects made or decorated by soldiers, prisoners of war and civilians between 1914 and 1939 and kept as souvenirs or household ornaments by themselves or their relatives.
		Some Trench Art makers created their works with personal or spiritual intent with the finished objects embodying pieces of war material that recalled life and death experiences; experiences that were sadly all too common in the bloody mud swollen trenches of the Western Front.
		Items included in the third category of Trench Art are often referred to as “Mounted War Trophies.” They were manufactured in the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, Germany after the cessation of hostilities.
	www.abc.net.au /treasurehunt/s934995.htm (835 words)

	Amazon.com: Trench Art (Shire Album): Books: Nicholas J. Saunders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This is the only book published on the subject of trench art and is a must have book for anyone collecting these unique antiques.
		Confined to trenches and dugouts for long periods between battles, soldiers and others involved in the war produced a dazzling array of items made from the waste of industrialized war.
		Nicholas Saunders is the foremost expert on "trench" art and this heavily illustrated book is, surprisingly, the first work devoted to the subject.
	www.amazon.com /Trench-Shire-Album-Nicholas-Saunders/dp/0747805431 (857 words)

	From Swords to Plowshares
		trench art objects in this exhibition are as varied and unique as the military and civilian artists who created them.
		trench art utilized artillery shells, bullets, shrapnel, aircraft parts, currency and other miscellaneous metal scrap and applied materials.
		A number of elements combined during wartime to nurture the production of these pieces: soldiers had long periods of idle time; many came from metalworking occupations; and there often was an abundance of workable material littering the landscape.
	www.hollingsworthfinearts.com /id11.html (415 words)

	Shell Art
		It is not to say that front-line soldiers did not make personal souvenirs or those for sale, but the large, twisted, crimped and elaborately decorated shell casings were beyond their capability.
		One example of true soldier shell art in the museum collection is a British 18 pounder shrapnel artillery projectile [LMM 87.105] which was actually fired by the British. It failed to explode and was recovered by German troops and an unnamed German soldier-artist painted it as a souvenir.
		The History of the American Field Service in France, 1914-1917, related that the briquette is merely an ingeniously devised gasoline cigar-lighter, generally made from empty cartridges and decorated with buttons or bellicose stamped designs….
	www.libertymemorialmuseum.org /display.aspx?pgID=969 (434 words)

	Trench Art of World War 1
		This legacy is the artistic production from the craft industry of the trenches of the Great War - Trench Art.
		Trench Art of World War 1 - every piece has a story, but usually its secrets are undiscovered.
		As a Trench Art collector for some years now, I wanted to show some of the diversity of these objects associated with the Great War and inter-war years (1914-39), on my own, dedicated website, and this is it !
	www.trenchartofww1.co.uk (267 words)

	In the December Author Spotlight: Jane A. Kimball, Author of Trench Art
		Fascinated by the fact that someone had created a piece of art from military debris, I tried to find out more about 'trench art', and was able to find only a few articles in militaria periodicals," she says.
		Although World War I is the focus of Trench Art, Jane has put trench art into the larger context of war souvenirs from the Napoleonic Wars to current conflicts.
		She continues to fill in gaps in my trench art collection [an endless pursuit].
	www.atlasbooks.com /authorspotlight/askimball.htm (263 words)

	Trench Art
		I started collecting trench art in the mid 1960s, although I didn't actually hear that term used for it until around the late 1980s.
		Amazingly to me, trench art was and still is a rather "secret society" sort of collecting.
		To me trench art, timeless symbols of life created from the weapons of destruction, shows the true resilience of the human spirit and hope's refusal to stay "dead and damned" for long.
	www.2000ad.org /oscar/trenchart (782 words)

	Trench Rescue: Trench Rescue Tools at Urban HART: Home
		UH-ARTR007: ART Rescue, Trench, Trench Rescue Rails (Lowering Hooks) [ART-LH]
		UH-ARTR008: ART Rescue, Trench, Trench Rescue Rails (18 in.
		UH-ARTR013: ART Rescue, Trench, Trench Rescue Rails (10' heavy Duty Rails) [HDR10]
	www.urbanhart.com /shopsite/trenchrescue_tools.html (314 words)

	Trench Art - Shopping.com
		Posters prints framed art A Trench Kiln Fires Modern Replicas of...
		Germans Repel a French Attack on the Trenches in Champagne France by...
		Trench in Champagne on a Rainy Day by Jeanniot Giclee Print 18x24 (In stock)
	www.shopping.com /xGS-Trench_Art (309 words)

	Grafitti and Trench Art
		Grafitti and individual soldier's markings or doodles, by their very nature were of course not considered to be 'art' of any kind during the Great War, so it is scarce wonder that it is difficult to find any contemporary photographs of such material.
		This trech art generally consisted of decorating disused or salvaged items of war (such as shell casings large or small, bits of barbed wire, flattened metal objects and heavens knows what else).
		Soldiers were encouraged to send in their creations which would then be judged by a no doubt learned panel of experts, according to their artistic or other intrinsic merits.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Grafitti/Grafitti_00.htm (729 words)

	TIME.com: Trench Art -- Aug. 6, 2001 -- Page 1
		The vase--originally a 1915 German artillery shell--is an example of trench art, mostly produced in World War I but still being made in Kosovo today.
		It has recently taken off as a hot commodity and subject of scholarship: the first book on trench art was published in April by Nicholas Saunders of University College London, and an exhibition opened in May in France.
		Saunders isn't sure, but he advises anyone with trench art to dig up its story.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000483,00.html (435 words)

	SLC Trench Art
		Trench art shown here are not guaranteed to be in working order and are sold on an as-is basis.
		We consider these items as works of art and of historical significance only.
		Click on photo for a larger view and more description.
	www.secondlookcollectibles.com /trenchart.htm (50 words)

	BCX-III, Inc
		Military Art - Trench Art, Plaques, Miniature Soldiers, Toys and Miscellaneous.
		Very nice WWA II wartime made "trench art" made by a German crew member of the U-766 which was part of the 6th Flotilla stationed at St. Nazaire, France March - August 1944.
		The boat was built by Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven in 1941 and subsequently commissioned 30 July 1943 under the command of Oberleutnant Hans-Detrich Wilke.
	www.bcx-iii.com /art.htm (1179 words)

	Trench Art - Letter Opener - World War I - R-302
		Trench Art - Letter Opener - World War I - R-302
		SOLD Trench Art - Letter Opener - World War I
		Extremely collectible, this brass letter opener has a bullet for a handle and has been carefully engraved by the maker.
	www.rubylane.com /shops/anythinggoesfromfrance/item/R-302 (128 words)

	ZAR Coins tampered with by Boer and British POWs
		The other side of the Kruger coin has a pipe and a hat engraved on the leader of the boer people's profile and there are smoke engravings coming from the pipe.
		Pieces like the one above are far more valuable than other trench art (seen below) because of the skill and craftsmanship in creating the finished work.
		Value in 2005: The trench art pieces are sought after - valued at from just a few dollars.
	www.tokencoins.com /zar08.htm (824 words)

	WWII Trench Art Ring - Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This is a theater-made trench art ring believed to be made from coin silver.
		It is marked with a "Swastika" on the face and art on the sides.
		The inside of the ring is marked T800.
	atlanta.craigslist.org /clt/249350841.html (122 words)

	Trench Art Ash Tray
		Description: This is a very nice example of trench art.
		It is a 2 inch high shell base (3 inch-50 cal-mk 7 mod 1) with 4 English schillings bent to form the cigarette holders.
		Vintage Houze Art Glass Pocket Watch Tobacciana Ash Trays
	www.goantiques.com /detail,trench-art-ash,950326.html (147 words)

	Trench Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Posted by: Paul Halderson (phalderson@ThisIsToPreventSpam-570-RemoveThis.yahoo.com) on 12 Oct 2003 at 3:41:29 PM In-Reply-To: Trench art posted by Chris Whitten on 5:41:13 PM 31 Mar 2003
		I just recieved three pieces of trench art.
		One of those pieces actually has the company seal engraved on it.
	www.worldwar2history.info /forums/Main01/messages/912894956.html (214 words)

	WWII Trench Art Bracelet Garden Party Collection Vintage Jewelry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		WWII Trench Art Bracelet Garden Party Collection Vintage Jewelry
		Handmade WWII aluminum trench art sweetheart bracelet, this one is somewhat unusual with the buckle clasp in the back.
		The front has a hammered design of a pair of hearts and leaves with a banner inside that reads 'For my Mother'.
	www.costumejewel.com /coop/dc132.trenchbr.htm (91 words)

	Trench Art
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		Trench art is a form of folk art made by soldiers.
		Metal casings from bullets and mortar shells were cut and decorated to form useful objects, such as vases.
	www.kovels.com /priceguide/kovels_trenchart (370 words)

	Trench Art Ash Tray - MKW - Tobacciana
		Trench Art Ash Tray - MKW - Tobacciana
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		Description: Bottom of trench art ash looks like a bullet and reads '105MM, M14 TYPE 1, Lot N>L> 114, 1945'.
	www.goantiques.com /detail,trench-art-ash,28094.html (103 words)

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