DETAILED TRENCH ART VICKERS MODEL. MACHINE GUN CORPS. THIEPVAL-POZIERES,1916.
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In accordance with EBAY FIREARMS POLICY I declare this is an ornamental model and is not a firearm or weapon, nor is any part thereof capable of being used as such. Any ordnance used in its construction is both mutilated and inert. TRENCH ART. According to Dr. Nicholas J. Saunders in his very informative little books which are available on Ebay, 'Trench Art' is the evocative but misleading term applied to a vast and dazzling array of objects made by soldiers, prisoners of war and civilians from the waste of war and a host of other materials. He also states 'most objects were made in the safer rear areas by blacksmiths, the Royal Engineers and service personnel'. The term 'Trench Art' is therefore misleading because the vast majority of it was never near a trench. It was mostly made with what we would call 'crude' tools but they were the only tools the craftsmen of that period had and they knew how to use them with great skill. They also had mobile workshops with lathes, forges etc which enabled them to make more elaborate and sophisticated trench art. I confess I'm no expert on 'Trench Art' but it surely only requires a bit of common-sense and a little study to see what I mean. Genuine collectors will understand entirely. Please look at my pictures closely. This gun would need no more than a few basic tools to make. There might
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