WW1 "Guerre" Trench Art Signet Ring boucheron It was thought to be

It was thought to be able to withstand burning in flames

Of the exceptionally high quality you'd expect from a Russian piece of this era

The front has the most wonderful applied flowers

and are light enough for comfortable wear

Modelled in 15 karat gold

WW1 "Guerre" Trench Art Signet Ring boucheron It was thought to beDATE: WW1, c. 1916 An incredible WW1 Trench Art signet ring fashioned in aluminium and brass. The navette shaped face has been carved with the word GUERRE (French for War) and the dates '14 and '16, while the shoulders feature hand chased abstract embellishment. Pieces like this would have been made by wounded soldiers as they took time away from the front lines, working with what materials they had to hand brass shell cases and aluminium nose cones