WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald set at opposing orientations and

set at opposing orientations and joined together so bottoms dangle freely

Dating from the mid-Victorian era

Medusa's mouth is wide open

and show a surprising range of colour in the facets

Set with a shield-shaped bloodstone panel

WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald set at opposing orientations andDATE: WW1, c. 1915 An incredible example of WW1 "trench art",made by a soldiers on the front lines using whatever materials they had to hand. This ring is predominantly aluminium, likely from the nose cone of an artillery shell, set at the head with a copper (?) heart. Given the circumstances under which it was made, the quality is quite remarkable it's crude, but well made, and on account of the aluminium it's deceptively light. Presumably made to