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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 1182794, member: 25&quot;]In my opinion, the term &#039;trench art&#039; should be restricted to the products of the trenches in the First World War, and as Spring says, made from whatever odds and ends found lying around, usually shell cases or other brass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in general, these pieces will have an art nouveau or similar period style, reflecting people&#039;s tastes at the time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another characteristic, to qualify as &#039;trench art&#039; is that the object is usually made by simple hand processes such as cutting and hammering.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it degrades the utility of language to extend the term &#039;trench art&#039; to anything military from any conflict.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is coincidental but significant to reaffirm the definition of trench art on Armistice Day, the 11th. of November.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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