French trench art cigarette lighter
Trench art cigarette light made by someone serving with the French Armee d'Orient.
This is a French trench art cigarette lighter. On one side is engraved '1917 Armee d'Orient 1918' and the other side bears the stylised initials of 'JB'. The Armee d'Orient was a French Army that was based in the Balkans during the First World War.
Other
Français
CONTRIBUTOR
Špiro Vranješ
DATE
1917 - 1918
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
9
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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