Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener victorian pins plus yellow wheels of two

plus yellow wheels of two sizes and metal posts of a range of sizes for connecting them together

almost all filled front and back

and would like to think sculpture pays homage to a favorite

And with a really great face on one of those birds

Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener victorian pins plus yellow wheels of twoI'm pretty certain this dagger like letter opener is a work of trench art, and one certainly made as a sweetheart gift for Betty, from Ed, in 1943. With B for Betty again on the reverse side, encircled twice in the tiny dots decorating both sides of it all over, which look to me to have been burned into the surface using a very fine point. I can never walk away from something like this, so much earnest effort and affection invested in it! Found in