The Museum Store, Clarence Road,
Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 3YL
Telephone 01442 879525
Email info@dacorumheritage.org.uk
Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 3YL
Telephone 01442 879525
Email info@dacorumheritage.org.uk
"You pick it up and you think its a live bullet. Yet you take the top off and it's a pencil inside. It's a bit of a surprise!"
That's how John, a Dacorum Heritage volunteer, describes this interesting piece of useful WWI trench art.
A WW1 bullet casing that holds a surpriseA discharged .02 bullet case has been attached to a small pencil.
The bullet casing opens to reveal a pencil inside.This item is part of the Harold Toms Collection in the Kings Langley Local History & Museum Society collection.
It came as part of the contents of a cigarette tin which was distributed to all the troops as a present from Princess Mary, Christmas 1914. It must have been a handy tin to put all sorts of bits and fit in a uniform pocket.
