TRENCH ART & WWI Memorabilia

Live auction by Bannerman Auctions

Starts Jul 21, 2026 10:00 AM CDT

Our Trench Art and WWI Memorabilia Sale includes a number of lots from the collection of Jane Kimball. Ms. Kimball approached collecting from the perspective of an educator and author. She lectured on the topic internationally, and after years of work and study published the reference “Trench Art: An Illustrated History”. Ms. Kimball was particularly known for her study and lectures on prisoner of war art; specifically the beadwork done by captured Turkish soldiers while in the custody of the British Empire, and by Austrian and Imperial German civilians living or working abroad who were detained as enemy aliens for the duration of the conflict. There are a number of pieces of Turkish beadwork and detained enemy alien prison camp bone art in the sale, several very unusual and noteworthy examples of artillery shell trench art, a large selection of trench art rings, match safes, photo frames, etc., and other souvenirs. The sale is not limited to WWI material; there are prisoner carved wood souvenirs from the Boer War, and some WWII souvenir pieces as well.

Lots

#1 • British WWI Era Royal Navy Sweetheart Pin Cushion: HMS Dolphin (High bid $30.00)
#2 • British Late 19th Century / WWI Sweetheart Pin Cushion: Coldstream Guards (High bid $35.00)
#3 • Austrian Soldier's Elaborate Relief Carved Photo Frame (High bid $45.00)
#4 • British WWI Interned Serviceman's Photo Frame (High bid $30.00)
#5 • Hope Faith Love Trench Art Photo Frame (High bid $20.00)
#6 • German WWII POW Trench Art Picture Frame: My Homeland (High bid $25.00)
#7 • WWI German POW Carved Picture Frame (High bid $20.00)
#8 • German POW Made Inlaid Picture Frame (High bid $80.00)
#9 • Central Powers Trench Art Picture Frame (High bid $130.00)
#10 • Brass Griffin and Thistles Art Nouveau Picture Frame (High bid $50.00)
#11 • Carved Picture Frame from Mannheim POW Camp (High bid $25.00)
#12 • Stobs POW Made Inlaid Wood Picture Frame (Starting at $25.00)
#13 • Montluçon German Prisoner of War Trench Art Chip Carved Photo Frame (High bid $55.00)
#14 • Pair of POW Made Reverse Image Inlaid Picture Frames from Stobs Military Camp (Starting at $40.00)
#15 • Turkish Prisoner Beadwork Purse 1917 (High bid $300.00)
#16 • Turkish Prisoner WWI Beadwork Purse (High bid $325.00)
#17 • US Navy WWI Era Trench Art Lamp (High bid $190.00)
#18 • 1920's USN Submarine S-21 'Trench Art' Painted Conch Shell (High bid $220.00)
#19 • French & Belgian WWI Memorial Lot: Uncommon Belgian Variant & Modern Souvenirs (High bid $40.00)
#20 • Southeast Asian Motif Trench Art US Navy 6-Pounder Lamp (High bid $150.00)
#21 • Elaborate Trench Art Windmill from Dadizele War Museum in Belgium (High bid $750.00)
#22 • Desk Set: Salutation Shells from 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth (High bid $450.00)
#23 • Greatest Library Ever: Trench Art French 75mm Shell (High bid $100.00)
#24 • Elaborately Engraved Hero and Maiden Trench Art Shell with Artist's Initials (High bid $85.00)
#25 • L'Angélus: 1850's French Painting Reinterpreted As 75mm Trench Art Shell (High bid $250.00)
#26 • Angel Embraces Fallen Poilu: Trench Art French 75mm Shell (High bid $260.00)
#27 • Shell with Prussian Front Plate, 1919 (High bid $159.00)
#28 • Exceptional Engraved Trench Art Shell: French 1st Foreign Regiment (High bid $141.00)
#29 • Trench Art Carved Wood Interlocking Slat Chain (High bid $85.00)
#30 • Trench Art WWI British Tank (High bid $200.00)
#31 • 75mm Shell Casing Made into an Oil Lamp (High bid $100.00)
#32 • Welsh Guards Humidor Made from 18 Pound Shells (High bid $85.00)
#33 • German Trench Art Windmill (High bid $350.00)
#34 • British WWI Wounded Royal Flying Corps Soldier's Convalescent Craft Therapy Project Belt (High bid $425.00)
#35 • French Marines on the Yser: WWI Trench Art Shell (High bid $120.00)
#36 • WWI Aircraft Prop Humidor (High bid $140.00)
#37 • British WWI Soldier's Framed Memorial Plaque (High bid $240.00)
#38 • AEF 336th Tank Battalion FG-17 Light Tank Motif Trench Art Desk Lamp (High bid $375.00)
#39 • WWI Propeller Tip Double Heart Picture Frame (High bid $55.00)
#40 • HMS Tiger Muffineer / Sugar Shaker (High bid $35.00)
#41 • Trench Art Rose Motif Painted 3-inch Shell (High bid $110.00)
#42 • US Federal Period Sailor Art Nautical Rigging Block (High bid $110.00)
#43 • US WWII Army Transportation Corps Trench Art Box (High bid $30.00)
#44 • Trench Art French Kepi Paperweight - 37mm Shell Casing (High bid $65.00)
#45 • 18 Pound Artillery Shell Cocktail Shaker Set Presented to Major Harry W. Newton (High bid $1,100.00)
#46 • Boer War Prisoner Trench Art Box: St. Helena 1902 (High bid $230.00)
#47 • Belgian Refugees Sandal Carved Wooden Tray (High bid $110.00)
#48 • Middle Eastern Motif Trench Art Shell Casing (High bid $99.00)
#49 • Italian Souvenir of the Battle of Monte Grappa Trench Art Shell with Applied Leaves and Acorns (High bid $100.00)
#50 • WWI Middle Eastern Theater Copper and Silver Appliqué Berndorf Shell: Damascus 1918 (High bid $110.00)
#51 • WWI Middle Eastern Theater Copper and Silver Appliqué (High bid $100.00)
#52 • 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Trench Art Pitcher: Somme, 1916 (High bid $110.00)
#53 • Boer War Era Memorabilia Lot (High bid $300.00)
#54 • Box Made from a Cross Section of a WWI Aircraft Propeller (High bid $110.00)
#55 • WWI Propeller Hub Picture Frame with Aviator Photo, AEF France (High bid $400.00)
#56 • WWI Belgian Painted Picture Frame (High bid $110.00)
#57 • 1st Cavalry Engineers Plaque, Stabilization Force (SFOR) Bosnia 98-99 (High bid $30.00)
#58 • AEF 86th Division Engineer Sergeant's Photo (High bid $45.00)
#59 • Original WWI Helmet & Liner with Horrible Painting of Polar Bear Rug (High bid $150.00)
#60 • WWI 6th Marine Regiment Painted Gas Mask Bag: I Need Thee In France Every Hour (High bid $325.00)
#61 • Allegorical Bulgarian Trench Art Shell from the Macedonian Struggle, 1906 (High bid $170.00)
#62 • Piece of Helles Point, Gallipoli Lighthouse Destroyed by Shell Fire, 1915 (High bid $325.00)
#63 • Prisoner of War Made Eating Utensils (High bid $70.00)
#64 • Two French Souvenir Shadow Boxes (High bid $200.00)
#65 • Souvenir Items Made from the Wood of British Ships (High bid $190.00)
#66 • Lot of Five Aluminum Trays Made from Belgian Canteen Halves (High bid $109.00)
#67 • Lot of Five Aluminum Trays Made from Belgian Canteen Halves (High bid $125.00)
#68 • Turkish Prisoner of War Wooden Box, Cyprus (High bid $80.00)
#69 • Two United States Souvenir Plates (High bid $130.00)
#70 • Letter / Card Holder - Christmas in Exile: Refugees from Ostduinkerke, Atlantic Wall, 1944 (High bid $20.00)
#71 • Trench Art British Visor Cap King's Shropshire Light Infantry (High bid $55.00)
#72 • Two Trench Art WWI Visor Caps - US and British (High bid $50.00)
#73 • WWII Victory Light Candle Holders (High bid $25.00)
#74 • WWII Souvenir Cigarette Cases - Lot of 5 (High bid $180.00)
#75 • WWI German Prisoner Made Decorative Box with Inscription - Shrewsbury (High bid $50.00)
#76 • WWI Artillery Shell Trench Art Clock (High bid $1,000.00)
#77 • WWI Mermaid & Sea Creatures Exceptional Trench Art Shell: Artist Signed (High bid $750.00)
#78 • Trench Art 37mm Shell: An Unfinished Piece That Answers "How Did They Do That"? Questions (High bid $220.00)
#79 • 5th Air Force Japanese Occupation Memorial Silk Trapunto (High bid $150.00)
#80 • Turkish Prisoner Beadwork Snake: Turkish Prisoners 1916 (High bid $525.00)
#81 • SS Magnolia "Stranding in Japan" Memorial Silk Trapunto (High bid $160.00)
#82 • USAT Sheridan China & Japan Voyage Memorial Silk Trapunto (High bid $159.00)
#83 • "A Helian Lad" Hand Tinted Lithograph Print by Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (Starting at $100.00)
#84 • British Shanghai Defence Force 1938-39 Memorial Silk Trapunto (High bid $180.00)
#85 • USS Henderson 1922 Philippine Cruise Memorial Silk Trapunto (High bid $100.00)
#86 • French Cruiser Victor Hugo 1923 Far Eastern Cruise Memorial Silk Trapunto (High bid $50.00)
#87 • Enemy Alien Prison Camp Carved Bone Art: From Across The Sea (High bid $125.00)
#88 • "Gunners" Hand Tinted Lithograph Print by Charles 'Snaffles' Johnson Payne (High bid $120.00)
#89 • US Navy Eagle and Globe Motif WWII Trench Art Shell (High bid $175.00)
#90 • WWI US Trench Art Shell: ARGONNE With 27th Division Soldier's Letter Home (High bid $190.00)
#91 • Souvenirs from German Airship Schütte-Lanz SL11, Essex, Sept. 3, 1916 (High bid $600.00)
#92 • Pieces of the L31 Zeppelin Shot Down Over Potters Bar, Oct. 1, 1916 (High bid $350.00)
#93 • Zeppelin Fabric and Pieces of Zeppelin Frames (High bid $1,500.00)
#94 • On War Service Civilian Workers Lapel Pin: The Armorduct Mfg. Co. Ltd - Trading with the Enemy (High bid $50.00)
#95 • Zeppelin L33 and L32 Souvenir Lot, Shot Down on Same Night over England, Sept. 23, 1916 (High bid $450.00)
#96 • Souvenirs of Zeppelin L15, First Zeppelin Brought Down Over England by AA Fire, March 31 - April 1, 1916 (High bid $550.00)
#97 • A Souvenir of the World War: Detained Enemy Alien Prison Camp Bone Art Pair (High bid $120.00)
#98 • Zeppelin Napkin Ring and Ashtrays (High bid $350.00)
#99 • Zeppelin Souvenir Lot (High bid $850.00)
#100 • Floral Motif Detained Enemy Alien Prison Camp Bone Art (High bid $60.00)

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