WW1 German Trench Art Tobacco Tin tools Green cloth in dust jacket

Green cloth in dust jacket

This is a complete set of 1944 Pattern webbing that would have been issued to an officer

The tent is made of very fine material to reduce the overall weight

and a hole allows the strap to be buttoned

The handle of this knife is made of stained birch

WW1 German Trench Art Tobacco Tin tools Green cloth in dust jacketThis is a really interesting piece of Trench art from World War 1. On the front of the tin is a German bayonet lying across a branch. To the right of the bayonet is the word Cln. On the other side are flowers Cln was Kolberg Class Light Cruiser Cln was assigned to patrols off the island of Heligoland At the outbreak of World War I in early August 1914, as the flagship of Rear Admiral Leberecht Maass. At the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August