Original U.S. WWI POW Coblenz Prison Trench Art with Scrapbook - 42nd Infantry Division Uniforms Here is an interesting article

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

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

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

that can fill the hole in any Romantic's Collection

Original U.S. WWI POW Coblenz Prison Trench Art with Scrapbook - 42nd Infantry Division Uniforms Here is an interesting articleOriginal 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