WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring gilt metal all under a smiling sun

all under a smiling sun

it's smaller than some of the cluster rings we currently have in stock

The lid features a wild boar

The mount features lightly scalloped claw settings

WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring gilt metal all under a smiling sunDATE: WW1, c. 1915 An incredible example of WW1 "trench art",made by a soldiers on the front lines using whatever materials they had to hand. This ring is predominantly aluminium, likely from the nose cone of an artillery shell, set at the head with a copper (?) heart. Given the circumstances under which it was made, the quality is quite remarkable it's crude, but well made, and on account of the aluminium it's deceptively light. Presumably made to