WWI Trench Art Collection

Caumont Luisi

SPECIAL UNITS

Patton's Tank brigade Insignia triangle [for Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery].18-19 a tank Renault FT and unit 344 [light tank battalion unit]

St MIHIEL in diagonal, on an embossed background of puzzle punches

Patton Tank's Brigade SHELL EMBOSSED FRANCE and AEF.

A.E.F., below:11th U.S., below: the Engineers Castle, then SOMME on a background of dots punches, fluted body, patina.

Details of the shell: AEF, 11 U.S. insignia, SOMME

RESERVE MALLET shell, both words in diagonal on a hatched background.

RESERVE MALLET, both words in diagonal flanking a flower in bloom

Logos of Universities and Colleges volunteers: Andover, Buffalo, California, Cornell, Dartmouth, Marietta, Princeton, Tufts and Yale.

Shell Railheads and Regulating Stations with insignia : an R in a diamond shape. Body fluted.

Shell Polar Bears insignia with letter S in center, band with US, top and bottom fluted engraved in zig-zag pattern.

Shell AEF Polar Bears, engraved 27 INF. [Rgt] lower band with 82 F.A.

Shell Polar Bears Crossed Cannons, C, 82, F and A, band with FT. BLISS

Shell Polar Bears Flafg with letter C, band with FT. BLISS

Shell Polar Bears with base engraved in checkers and zig-zag pattern.

Shell with a burning torch flanked by two square signal flags crossed.

Shell with town name Blerancourt where Ann Morgan founded the American Committee For Devastated France. Now a WWI museum.

Shells Motor Transport Corps nickel-chromed fluted pair with insignia of MTC Spoked Wheel and Mercury winged hat. Dot technique 11- 1918 AEF

MTC Motor Transport Corps- top with 11 and 1918, all in small sdots

Motor Transport Corps MTC- top with AEF in a triangle Other shell has the insignia spoked wheel with Mercury's winged hat.

MTC Motor Transport Corps- Letter A in a circle [Third Army insignia].

Pair of shells Motor Transport Corps MTC. this one has a Fleur-de-lis

MTC Motor Transport Corps base - detail of stipled work around the fluted body

Veterinary Corps shell with Caduceus flanked by letters V and C above Red Cross symbol.

At the back a large medallion with: Somme, Meuse-Argonne, St.Mihiel [battles] and 1918

Shell Advance Section -Cross of Lorraine, AEF AS [service of supply]

Shell Advance Section one stem and two four-petaled flowers.

WWII Shell with XXth Corps insignia : Four crampons, from Patton Third Army. Body fluted. Pie crust top, decorative arches.

Shell manufactured in 1943- Body fluted. lower band engraved J.Kiffer and personnalized to Tec.Sgt. G. Fletcher 69th.

171-1 - PATTON'S TANK BRIGADE

Insignia (triangle represents Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery) with 18-19, a tank Renault FT- and 344 [th- light tank Battalion unit]

171-2 - PATTON'S TANK BRIGADE

St MIHIEL in diagonal, with an embossed background of "puzzle" squares

171-3 - PATTON'S TANK BRIGADE

FRANCE in diagonal, with an embossed background of "puzzle" squares.

AEF in a background done with a round punch. Top slightly flared. H.11.5"

164-1 - ENGINEERS INSIGNIA

Insignia of the 11th Engineers [Battalion] - Railways- with AEF, US, SOMME .

164-2 - ENGINEERS INSIGNIA

Insignia of the 11th ENGINEERS [Battalion] with AEF, US, SOMME, on tiny squared punched background.

176-1 RESERVE MALLET

On hatching background. [Franco-American transport unit initially composed of University students volunteers drivers]

176-2 RESERVE MALLET

With floral decor. Part of the American Field Service and the French Transports TM. Driving 5-Ton Pierce-Arrow trucks . H.9"

176-3 RESERVE MALLET

Initially 800 students from Cornell, Andover, U. of California, Dartmouth, Marietta, Buffalo, Tuft, Princeton and Yale volunteered to drive trucks H.9"

136-1 - RAILHEADS & REGULATING STATIONS

Insignia in an embossed background on a fluted body. H.13"

152-1 - AEF - POLAR BEARS

Insignia engraved- top band with triangles and diamond shape patterns. Mid-level band with US.

152-2 - AEF - POLAR BEARS

Engraved 27 INF [Rgt], underneath : 88 F.A. F[ort]

152-3 - AEF - POLAR BEARS

Crossed cannons [battery ] C, 82 F.A.,

FT. BLISS

152-4 - AEF - POLAR BEARS

FLAG WITH [battery] C

152- 5 - AEF - POLAR BEARS

Fluted and engraved with a lower band of checkered-board pattern, with losanges above on a zig-zag background. H.

206-1 SIGNAL CORPS

Two signal flags crossed, both flags with white and red (inverted center), with a burning torch added in 1884.

Fluted and embossed.

183-1 BLERANCOURT

This is ONE shell as seen around. Anne Morgan, daughter of JP Morgan, founded the American Committee For Devastated France, a civilian relief organization run by 350 volunteers, mostly women. H.13.5"

53-1 - MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS

Pair of nickel-chrome plated vases with long flutes

53-2 - MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS

11 [November] 1918 in stippled work

53-3 - MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS

AEF in a triangle, MTC insignia : A spoked wheel with Mercury's winged hat

53-7 - MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS

Second vase has A in a circle [Third Army insignia]

53-5 - MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS

Fleur-de-Lis symbol

53-8 - MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS

Detail of stippled work at the base.

159-1 - VETERINARY CORPS

Caduceus flanked by letters V and C above Red Cross symbol

159-3 - VETERINARY CORPS

Medallion with SOMME, MEUSE ARGONNE, ST MIHIEL, 1918

179-1- USS LEVIATHAN

Former German ocean liner "Vaterland" with capacity of 1100 passengers. Then US Transport troops to France in 1917-18, and back home in 1919 (capacity... 13000 soldiers).

179-1- USS LEVIATHAN

Scalloped top and bottom band, facing dragons (a sailor's theme beyond the Chinese mythology), initial A and 1919 on a varnished body. H.13".

75-1 - ADVANCE SECTION

Cross of Lorraine insignia, AS [Advance Section Service of Supply], AEF

75-2 - ADVANCE SECTION

One stem, two four-petaled flowers on an embossed background

75-3 - ADVANCE SECTION

VERDUN, FRANCE, 1918

121-2 - WWII XX CORPS

Nicknamed "GHOST CORPS". From Patton's Third Army. Marked 1943.

Fluted and embossed. H.12.5"

121-2 - WWII XX CORPS