Original U.S. WWI POW Coblenz Prison Trench Art with Scrapbook - 42nd Infantry Division Uniforms the stitching pulled apart breaking

the stitching pulled apart breaking free from the gun and dropped a $2000 display gun on the ground smashing the bakelite stock

Here is an interesting article about one held in the a museum collection in Doylestown Pennsylvania-

Barrel and action have been expertly refinished to original glory

that a Lewis gun could be slid backwards and downwards along the rail towards the cockpit

The Vickers Parts set offered here appears to have Serial number 7 or 107 on most parts and was recently re-obtained by IMA from the estate of a deceased collector who purchased this set soon after we obtained the shipment in 2003

Original U.S. WWI POW Coblenz Prison Trench Art with Scrapbook - 42nd Infantry Division Uniforms the stitching pulled apart breakingOriginal item: Corporal William C. Reekie was a member of the 117th Field Signal Battalion in the 42nd Infantry Division and fought in World War One. At some point during the war he was captured and put into a Prisoner of War camp in Coblenz Germany. While in prison he elaborately carved his mess tin. On the top in the center it reads: W. C. ReeKei 117 F. B. S. C. 42 Div Around the circumference of the lid: CHAMPAIGN BACARRRAT ST MICHEL VERDUN CHATEAU