Chess set made from gun cartridges, WW1
A chess set made by Staff-Sergeant H. Henshaw, Royal Engineers, Wireless, Palestine constructed entirely from British and French small-arms cartridges with the help of a small file, a saw made from a table knife, a pair of folding nail scissors and a small soldering iron
Picture No
13991742
Media ID
45430752
Size
8719px x 2107px
(1.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Sketch magazine, 29 January 1919
Date
1919
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