Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings No Return Lemuel Shepherd Jr

Lemuel Shepherd Jr

Unfortunately the lower portion is missing completely from the scabbard

The screws are still holding both sides  together tightly

The United States quickly commenced manufacture of a version of the Mk I

while the other side shows a hunting hound pursuing two foxes

Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings No Return Lemuel Shepherd JrOriginal Item: Only One Set of 3 Available. Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them. Not limited to the World Wars, the history of trench art spans conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars