MLU FORUM  

Go Back   MLU FORUM > GENERAL WW2 TOPICS > WW2 Military History & Equipment

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 14-12-21, 12:51
Bob Phillips Bob Phillips is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ontario
Posts: 438
Default Trench Art

I paid a visit to the local antique mall yesterday and was surprised to see one booth with a large collection of trench art. The shells were dated 1917 and 1918 and prices were about $120 per item and up. Anybody seen such a large quantity of items for sale or are these items much more common in Europe than here? I am curious about the back story.
Click image for larger version

Name:	trench1.jpeg
Views:	1
Size:	228.0 KB
ID:	126501

Click image for larger version

Name:	trench2.jpeg
Views:	1
Size:	164.2 KB
ID:	126502

Click image for larger version

Name:	trench3.jpeg
Views:	1
Size:	151.5 KB
ID:	126503
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 14-12-21, 17:22
peter simundson peter simundson is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: mississauga, Canada
Posts: 1,182
Default Trench Art?

Hi Bob I have an interest in and not a small number of casings and trench art. My friend has over one hundred and fifty different WW1 37 mm casings and trench art. Along with many different 18 pounders. Those Southwork items were purchased as an estate and originally in Freelton where they wasted away at double the normal price. When moved to their present location we snapped up a couple of reasonable items and the rest gather dust. The situation there is referred to by another vendor as "expensive storage"'

Does anyone think the troops in the trenches had any time to make decorations with used casings? They were busy getting shelled and patrolling and taking part as cannon fodder in poorly planned mass attacks against entrenched 08's and 08-15's.
Most of what is seen as trench art was turned out on French and Belgium factories for sale to returning veterans on the mass tours of the 30's.

Cheers Peter S
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 14-12-21, 23:08
Hanno Spoelstra's Avatar
Hanno Spoelstra Hanno Spoelstra is offline
MLU Administrator
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 14,400
Default "Trench art"

Quite common in Europe. If they were all made in the trenches they must have been just sitting and twiddling their thumbs, which they certainly did not as we all know.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 15-12-21, 00:45
Bob Carriere Bob Carriere is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Hammond, Ontario
Posts: 5,191
Default Is it possible that......

....such trench art was done in behind the lines in rehab areas.....either R&R or recovering from various conditions.....surely some of the intricate work would have had to be done in a rehab shop with some tools...... they did not have PTSD in those days......

I remember local individuals that were made fun of at the "pool Hall" where people would slam doors and watch some old guy make a run for the underside of the pool table...... one guy had his lower jaw shoot off rescuing an officer..... could not eat so he drank..... whenever he got thrown out of the local sawdust tavern called "La Berta" (officially the Alberta tavern) the cops would call his benefactor ( officer) in Ottawa to pick him up......

My grandfather and his brother ( Francis and Delphis) and the Big Larabie (Irish) were policemen in Hull....all over 6'4" and around 250....... they would respond to local tavern disputes on foot....clean out the patrons and 30 minutes later business would resume.

Everybody were friends ....hardly anyone was ever arrested.
__________________
Bob Carriere....B.T.B
C15a Cab 11
Hammond, Ontario
Canada
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 15-12-21, 14:06
maple_leaf_eh maple_leaf_eh is offline
Terry Warner
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Shouting at clouds
Posts: 3,081
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Carriere View Post
....

My grandfather and his brother ( Francis and Delphis) and the Big Larabie (Irish) were policemen in Hull....all over 6'4" and around 250....... they would respond to local tavern disputes on foot....clean out the patrons and 30 minutes later business would resume.

Everybody were friends ....hardly anyone was ever arrested.
You reminded me of the archetype cop of yesteryear. Bigger than the next guy. Bare knuckles skilled. Peace enforcer. Not necessarily the sharpest knife in the drawer, but guaranteed to the locals within the limits of foolishness.

Hull always had a tough reputation. VC winner Filip Konowal killed a man in an argument in Hull and was sent to hospital instead of to prison.
__________________
Terry Warner

- 74-????? M151A2
- 70-08876 M38A1
- 53-71233 M100CDN trailer

Beware! The Green Disease walks among us!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
M18 trench art Mike Kelly The Gun Park 1 06-12-21 03:08
Cromwell trench crossing eddy8men The Armour Forum 3 01-09-15 16:28
Trench Art? Sean Dunnage The Sergeants' Mess 0 11-11-12 02:05
Trench Art anyone???? peter simundson For Sale Or Wanted 1 15-01-10 06:52


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 11:25.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Maple Leaf Up, 2003-2016