Inkwell old 1st World War Brass

It is an object from what is called trench crafting, made by the soldiers themselves. It is a memory of camaraderie for the years spent in the trenches between 1915 and 1917. It is made of brass and made from ammunition mainly (shell head and cartridges). It is composed of an inkwell, an "ink cartridge") and a cartridge concealing a pencil. It would deserve a little cleaning. During the great war, the main de massiges marked the eastern limit of the champagne front, at the junction of the argonne front. The germans retreated at the beginning of september 1914, entrenched on this natural height, each finger of which forms a bastion of this natural fortress. It was on this obstacle that the troops of the colonial army corps of the 4th french army, who were participating in the counter-offensive following the first battle of the marne, came up against this obstacle on september 13, 1914. High place of the fighting of champagne, this strategic position was the scene of bitter fighting from 1914 to 1915, and it was throughout the great war, from 1914 to 1918, fierce fighting opposed the troops of the colonial army corps to the german army in the massiges sector. An estimated 25, 000 french soldiers were killed, wounded or missing, and certainly as many german soldiers.