A century later, soldiers live on through trench art

Vivienne looks at the growing demand for everything from massive shell cases to tiny pieces of wartime handiwork.

THE TRIGGER for this article occurred when I was asked to auction the massive German shell case we have pictured with the boy posing inside. Trying to imagine the destruction that must have been wrought by just one of these shells is mind boggling. However, it didn’t put off the buyer who paid £1,750 in a specialist auction…