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#348215 12/12/2020 11:17 AM
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This is a ring made of piece of aluminium tube with screw thread, I suppose . It is one piece .
A shield with a cross, reminds me of Prussia/Preussen …….

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...and the last one ......

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a threaded AL tube! You could use a thread gage and test to see if SAE ]American threads ,,OR metric threads [rest of world!] if that would matter to you... but overall, a very cool piece!

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Thank you for your reply Gaspare.

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Probably the closest thing I have seen to "trench art"

Some guy with patience and a file could have made that.

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You are right Dave. I think most of the soldiers were not very skilled but some of them were . It was a way to reduce the horrible war stress .


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