WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald and show a surprising range

and show a surprising range of colour in the facets

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WW1 Trench Art Heart Ring Emerald and show a surprising rangeDATE: 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