Canadian Trench Art

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Took some pictures today of trench art made by Canadian soldiers to commemorate the successful Allied offensive undertaken on August 21, 1918.

By day's end this major offensive had resulted in the taking of the small French town of Albert, the taking of several thousand German prisoners, and sending the German army itself into full retreat.

Hope you find them of interest.

First, a pair of drinking steins made from German field telephone wire and artillery shell casings, engraved on the front with Canadian insignia affixed.

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8. two more, showing the bases of the German casings. Markings hard to make out on this one..

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9. this one very clear.

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Thanks for posting.Always nice to see Canadian. Brian

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Here is the third piece of the Albert theme, a double casing match holder.

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