WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring gilt metal crafted in 15k gold with

crafted in 15k gold with silver settings

all under a smiling sun

tests as 15k gold (pin is 9k gold)

and date from the 1820s - a time when paste stones could command as much money

WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring gilt metal crafted in 15k gold withDATE: 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