Postcards and trench art (letter opener) sent to Ireland from France
Trench art (letter opener) sent to Ireland from France
Postcard
Series of 10 postcards that together make an image, sent to Ireland from France
Front
Each postcard has a line of music, indicating a different military bugle call, and the completed image shows a uniformed bugler.
CONTRIBUTOR
Deirdre Archer
DATE
/
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
3
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
Discover Similar Stories
Letter opener trench art from Patrick O'Connell
1 Item
Back || The trench art, a letter opener, has the following inscribed on it: P. O'Connell, A.E.F (Allied Expeditionary Force or American Expeditionary Forces?), 1918, Co. E 7th AMM. TN. (Ammunition? Company E, 7th Tennessee?), France.
Letter opener trench art from Patrick O'Connell
1 Item
Front || The trench art, a letter opener, has the following inscribed on it: P. O'Connell, A.E.F (Allied Expeditionary Force or American Expeditionary Forces?), 1918, Co. E 7th AMM. TN. (Ammunition? Company E, 7th Tennessee?), France.
Greece-Serbia 1918 trench art letter opener
6 Items
Probably made by a French-speaker on the Salonika Front, this is a trench art letter opener. Once side has the word 'SERBIE', and the other has 'GRECE 1918'. The handle of the letter opener is made from an 8MM Mannlicher rifle cartridge which is stamped as being manufactured in February 1916, and the 'W' on the headstamp indicates that is was made by Manfred Weiss Steel and Metal Works, in Budapest, Hungary.