Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings French Uniforms known as Fernsprechtornister (Telephone knapsack)

known as Fernsprechtornister (Telephone knapsack)

FN took to modifying their BARs in two distinct ways - institution of a "quick-change" barrel feature and simplifying the design of the receiver

or June 1943

The lock on this example is marked TOWER across the tail

Shaft Length: 16"

Original U.S. & Australian WWII Military and Civilian Worker Trench Art Ring Lot Featuring Named 43rd Infantry Division, 169th Field Artillery Ring - 3 Rings French Uniforms known as Fernsprechtornister (Telephone knapsack)Original Item: Only One Set of 3 Available. 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