Skull/Trench Art

[barry1954]

Good day Guys
This skull attached to a spoon is said to have been collected by a POW and was attached to a board together with some other items-heer breast eagle, tags and some other insignia. As often said judge the item and not the story so here is a pic for review. Any comments as to its originality would be appreciated
Barry

[cris403]

From the photo shown, it looks good to me

[Winkelman]

Agreed - very nice .. !

[PMan]

Skull

Actually, it looks like a D&SM.

[maestro]

..great find!

I think a spoon like this will make my morning cereal taste so much better ..
barry, is it stuck on the spoon like crazy glued!

[barry1954]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. From what I could see the skull pins go through holes in the spoon. It was hard to make out as the spoon is fixed to a board. Here is the dog tag marked Stalag.
Barry

[SScollector]

I believe that it is an "RZM 52" skull. Very interesting!

[crab]

Why, the hell, attaching a skull on a spoon???

Servus, Crab

[bwanek1]

Why, the hell, attaching a skull on a spoon???

Servus, Crab

Maybe it was a work in progress that the maker never had time to complete. He may have just been using the spoon to provide a metal base for whatever he was intending to create and never got far enough to trim off the handle and excess metal to leave the shape he planned.

[mametz]

I am looking at this after a few glasses of wine and thinking why would
anybody do this! The skull looks promising why weld it to the back of
a spoon?
Mametz

[billbert]

Soldiers paid the price of admission by being participants..in doing so they can do what they please with souvenirs..no matter how bazaar we view their expressions ..I m sure he would think it just as bazaar someone would pay 1800 USD for the skull...JMHO Billbert

[barry1954]

Soldiers paid the price of admission by being participants..in doing so they can do what they please with souvenirs..no matter how bazaar we view their expressions ..I m sure he would think it just as bazaar someone would pay 1800 USD for the skull...JMHO Billbert

I could not have said it better myself I was fortunate to be able to buy the grouping-here is the rest of the items posted in the Wehrmacht forum.
Barry

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=506265