Original French WWI Trench Art Brass & Copper Book Shaped Cigarette Lighter Czech Militaria The stocks are made of

The stocks are made of lovely brown hardwood

Here we have a very nice example of a Model 1932 Royal Hungarian Air Force Officer Pilot Dagger

450/577 caliber as an artillery carbine this example was converted to

was also active in the postwar New Jersey National Guard

probably to hide the origin of the weapon after overseas sale

Original French WWI Trench Art Brass & Copper Book Shaped Cigarette Lighter Czech Militaria The stocks are made ofOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here is a great piece of French WWI "Trench Art", in the form of a very well executed "book" shaped lighter. It is made from copper and brass, items readily available on the front and in the trenches due to the large number of artillery shells used during "The Great War". The front of the lighter is marked in French with the phrase "War Memories 1914 1917": Guerre Souvenirs 1914 1917 The copper "spine" of the book is