Collinge Antiques

Description

Very unusual first world war era wall pocket or candle box. A fascinating piece of trench art presumably assembled from a soldier’s wartime souvenirs. The backboard is the tip of a laminated mahogany airplane propeller retaining the original and distinctively shaped brass protection to the leading edge. Mounted on the front of the attached oak box is a metal badge taken from a German solidier’s belt buckle, stamped with the German phrase Gott Mit Uns (God with us). The front also carries a postcard photograph behind glass showing the destruction of battlefront town (possibly Ypres). Condition is excellent, original though out.
Dimensions width 9½”, depth 6″, height 16″.
Please contact us for more images, delivery and shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. 01492 580022.