Letter Openers

Description:   Three letter openers or paper knives. Top: Knife made from rifle bullet and copper blade. Four-leaf clover appliquéd to bullet. Engraved 'Welt-Krieg' with iron cross in middle. Reverse engraved 'Coblenz 1918'.  63/4" long. Center: 'Shrapnel' knife [actually a shell fragment or splinter] 63/4" long. Bottom: Knife made from copper driving band from an artillery shell.  Zig-zag engraving 'Verdun 1918'. 8" long.

Text and Photographs © Jane A. Kimball 1989, 2000

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