canne sculptée

Wooden cane (unidentified), 87 cm, fitted with a strap, iron tip (added). Carved at the top of a headband bearing the interlocking initials "AD" and "358". The carved shaft of a leafy branch entwined with a speech bubble bearing "Souvenir of Sainte-Marie 1914 / Lorraine 1915: Verdun 1916 / Champagne 1917". Personalized souvenir of several annual war campaigns in different places, testimony to his …