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58602: Trench Art Letter Opener Made from German Cartridge

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posted on 2024-02-23, 23:00 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Trench art letter opener made from a German 7.92x57mm Mauser cartridge, with a second bullet soldered to the head and a British General Service button added as decoration. Copper 'scimitar' blade, engraved: '1914 Somme 1917'.

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Identifier

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Subject

Unknown

Date

1917

Date Created

01/01/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1917

Source

Artifact

Medium

Metal

Type

Memorabilia

Pages

1, 2

Number of Pages

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Lewis Trickey

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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Keywords

Great War Archive World War One Memorabillia

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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