Original German WWI “Trench Art” Ashtray with M16 Stahlhelm & M1898/05 Butcher Bayonet - Hindenburg Cross - Assembled Post-WWII Antique Colts The back of the canteen

The back of the canteen reads ANDENKEN AN CAMP-GORDON

Answer: These are accountability numbers which reference specific steel batches from which the planchet came before it was die struck

although it was used by the Teishin Shudan paratroopers of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force

is a British version of the FN FAL battle rifle produced by the Belgian armaments manufacturer FN Herstal

but there is an 82nd Airborne patch included that was tacked to the uniform for display

Original German WWI “Trench Art” Ashtray with M16 Stahlhelm & M1898/05 Butcher Bayonet - Hindenburg Cross - Assembled Post-WWII Antique Colts The back of the canteenOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight not only to their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them. Not limited to the World Wars, the history of trench art spans conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to the present