Handmade World War I- Art for sale

English brodie decorated with a British cap badge of the Royal Field Artillery both soil founded in the
region of Mesen.
The poppy's center is a bullet of a shell. The helmet is placed on a 18 ponder (1916) british artillery shell nicely engraved with the word 'NIEUPORT' 1914-1918'.

Remember the bravely fightings of the British soldiers in the Nieuport region to protect the entrance of the Nordsea

Measures: height: 41 cm
weight: 3,1 kg

Brancardier de VERDUN

American Brodie - Battle Meuse-Argonne

I bought this damaged French Artillery helmet on my last visit at Verdun and the Douaumont fortress on a brocante market in the region. I used uroboros glass in blue and brown tones to form a beautiful whole between the past and present.
I decorated the helmet with cornflowers (Bleuet de France), the French answer to the remembrance poppys.

The shell case has a central design of oak leaves and acorns and the word 'VERDUN' which is all well executed. Much of the more complex Trench Art was made behind the lines during recuperation or after the war where soldiers had access to better tools. This one is simple and possibly therefore hand done in the trenches. The Battle of Verdun was one of the major battles of WW 1 on the French sector of the line.

Measures: height: 42 cm weight: 2,7 kg

I have just returned from the Somme region after visiting my friend who is digger in this region. I was able to obtain this helmet from the Wood Lane region. On a brocante market in Albert, I found a nice obus in which Somme is engraved. I named the lamp "the tears of the Somme" for the untold suffering this battle inflicted on mankind.

Belgische helm -bodemvonst- gekocht bij verzamelaar en geplaatst op een mooi bewerkte huls. Wat zeldzaam is, is de vermelding van de maker; Eugene Vanheste. De obus toont een schild met leeuw en een gedicht met datum 31 juli 1914.

"IJselijck klonk 't gestorm der klokken 't land was in nood"
"Vooruit wierd er geschreeuwd wij trokken ten velde"
"Voor ons eer en vrijheid te houden tot den dood"
"Nog zacht en stil slapende om niets dat u kwelde"
"Noch stoorde uw rust in dien treurigen nacht"
"Eerst gaf 'k' u nog een kus en verdween dan zeer zacht"

Measures: height: 49 cm
weight: 2,9 kg