Porte-plume fabriqué dans les tranchées

My grandfather, Antoine BRUEL (1871-1955) fought in the Battle of the Yser and was wounded at Verdun. He lost an eye there, which may have saved his life because he was sent back to his homes following his injuries. He made a penholder for my grandmother in the trenches out of copper cartridge cases: two soldered cases that he engraved with small incisions with perhaps the point of a knife. As a c…