Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SIM on December 22, 2020, 04:20:44 PM
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Does anyone have any knowledge about trench art? I have what appears to be a 3 inch shell and projectile that has a mermaid and fish stamped into the powder casing. The fuze plate was previously cut off the powder canister, so I do not have any markings to reference.
Ive just spent 2 days cleaning this brass piece and have been surprised at the work that went into its making.
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While on trench art my identical twin uncles served in the same unit in the Australian army in WWII. They were at a captured Japanese airfield that had numerous A6M-3 wrecks they cut off a part of the propeller and turned it into a cribbage board.
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Sorry for the hijack SIM. :salute
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Glad you did! That is a nice piece!
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Ive just spent 2 days cleaning this brass piece and have been surprised at the work that went into its making.
be careful not to remove the patina, it could hurt its value.
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The patina was long gone before I began my work. At some point someone has tried to use some sort of chems to clean the brass, and whatever was used had formed runs similar to an over-spray of paint.