WW2 Trench Art Parachute / Flower Ring stick pins Green and White Paste Gemstones

Green and White Paste Gemstones

Modelled in 15k gold throughout

This is an original 19th century example

and certainly one of the most captivating from the ancient Greek mythos

mounted in silver settings

WW2 Trench Art Parachute / Flower Ring stick pins Green and White Paste GemstonesDATE: WW2, c. 1940 Remarkable WW2 "trench art" ring, circa 1915. At first (and for quite a while actually) I thought it was a simple flower design with petals and central copper detail, but looking at it now is it really a parachute and soldier viewed from the ground? During WW2 a more mechanised army offered the soldier artist access to more advanced tools and materials, so the variety and intricacy complexity of the pieces was greatly expanded. And