Trench Arts

The GD mug on Viking bottle with a post war canteen felt cover made a funny couple. Both are safe to use as all clean with new cover and seal. I am a decade older and a bit wiser, or with the help of Google translate and better camera. Took pics again after a decade…
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This was my work on 2013, also no way to find it in my FB album. There was a beautiful trench art water bottle on eBay which I was not affordable to obtain it. ‘Rare, Original WW2 German Soldier Nordland Division Trench Art’ It was sold for $398 which was a huge amount in HK…
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This six years old post is unable to find on my FB Page, should never trust FB to keep record. This was my very early attempt to engrave a mug of the German water bottle. Knew nothing about engraving, just use a sharp tip of a punch and fingers power. Not to damage any original…
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Received my first trench art relic from Volgograd Russia, which took more than 6 weeks on air parcel to Hong Kong, sent out on 10 Dec but the Russia Custom Control detained it for three weeks in between and duly released, arrived HK on 20 Jan 2012 but the Chinese New Year holidays delayed further…
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A decade ago in 2012 after obtained my first trench art Luftwaffe match box holder I was tried to make some to test my skill. It was the began to use the baking tray from my wife’s kitchen . The engraving tool was a punching tool, as don’t know anything about zigzag lines. The shape…
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This was my attempted to built some trench arts. This set is the second GD Großdeutschland  Cigarette Box and a GD Match holder. Made out of the material of wife’s baking tins, now I knew the smooth 1mm sheet was not available in TRENCH. Also made some other items from these material, anyway its a…
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Just playing with the cooker and some of my aluminum utensils. My favor mess tin was came with a lot — the Kochgeschirr Modell 1931 with marking L&SL 40, an early all aluminium tin with steel handle, a perfect example of the 40 tin. The smart trench art is the large capital letters ‘PETTER’ engraved…
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Happened to found another identical lighter for sale. This was a blank alloy lighter best for engraving own subjects. This one is also fully engraved ‘EGYPT’ ‘1947’ and the description said it is ‘JDM’. (Didn’t bought it, not within period) https://www.dearoldblighty.com/…/trench…/prod_19218…

I am a nonsmoker, but collecting bits and pieces of smoking accessories of the period. The recent found is this little handmade box with a cutter, a lighter and a cigarette holder. With the help from my German friends, the owner story came out from the engraving on the lighter and the box. It is…
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This is a Trench Art of WWII that I am fortunate to obtain. This Gebirgsjäger Cigarette Case was made by a Mess Tin M31 (Kochgeschirr Modell 1931). The construction is robust and in 1mm aluminum plate from the mess tin. The Edelweiss patch is an extra piece of 1mm aluminum secure by two rivets ans…
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