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Australian Trench Art ashtray with Bomber and 1943 Half Pennies as decoration
Australian Trench Art ashtray with Bomber and 1943 Half Pennies as decoration.
The 105mm shell base is dated 1942. The trench art piece has been chomed. Measures 15cm high.
Australian Killed in action emotive 49 Btn group plus
medals correctly impressed QX26066 HH SCHULTZ. Killed in action 7 dec 1942.Age 20, Schultz was killed on Sanananda road during the fiercest attack on the Australians since invasion. The group comes with box of issue, original govt letter of death, and a trench vase that was started by Schultz. He was killed before he could finish the engraving. The vase was finished by his best friend.


