[Trench Art] Ashtray shaped like an upside down officer's cap

1917. Very Good. True First World War Trench Art, made of salvaged pieces of metal found in the trenches. 9 cm diameter at its base, almost 5 cm tall at the tallest -- from the base to the peak of the visor. With two rounded pieces screwed in at opposite sides to act as a cigarette holder. Cigarettes were precious currency during the war, and soldiers generally smoked to ease the stress and tedium of the battlefield. This clever ashtray bears the date of September '17, and on its side incised is Cambrai, the location of bloddy battles in both 1917 and 1918, another name which we can't fully make out, and the date, 1919, the significance of which we do not know. We date the ashtray to 1917, but it certainly could have been done the following year, or conceivably after the Armistice, but there is no question it is "Folk Art" spawned by the Great War.