Picture No | 10731539 |
Date | 1919 |
Description | Chess set made from gun cartridges, WW1 |
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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.
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Source | Photograph in The Sketch magazine, 29 January 1919 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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