World War 1 Trench Art

There seems to be some confusion as to exactly what trench art encompasses, it’s certainly not just single pieces produced by a soldier in a front line trench in 1914-1918. For an item to be considered trench art the general consensus is it was created by a single soldier during active fighting in a theatre [...]

The battlefields of history are littered with artifacts that shed light on the distant past. These objects can help us understand the life and times of these soldiers; how they fought, how they passed the time between battles and occasionally the causes of the conflict.

Most of the artifacts we unearth today are only small fragments [...]

World War One trench art was not only created by soldiers during the actual campaigns in Europe, but also by local residents of the surrounding regions after the war. The economy of the region was shattered after the war and many local folk collected the scrap metal from the fields and fashioned it into battlefield [...]

Many examples of authentic trench art have survived the 90 years since the end of WWI; in fact, it’s fairly remarkable that we have such an abundance of fine examples today considering the turbulent history since 1918. Enormous amounts of trench art, made from various alloys, suffered an untimely demise due to the great metal drives [...]

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The shell represents the Scottish heritage of this Australian soldier.

This drinking tankard uses Australia’s most recognizable creature, the kangaroo.

Here’s a teriffic example of hand made trench art from WWII