Original Imperial German WWI Isle of Man Knockaloe Internment Camp Trench Art Bone Carving Flags & Signs still with original flintlock mechanism

still with original flintlock mechanism

originally issued in flintlock

also colloquially called the tetsukabuto ( 鉄 冑 "steel helmet") by Japanese troops

The Aluminum erkennungsmarke (identification tag) is marked on each half as follows:

1st infantry insignia

Original Imperial German WWI Isle of Man Knockaloe Internment Camp Trench Art Bone Carving Flags & Signs still with original flintlock mechanismOriginal Item: One of a kind. On 5 August 1914, the day after World War I broke out, the British Government passed the Aliens Restrictions Act, whereby the British Government could control the movement of enemy aliens. General internment of all Germans of military age began in May 1915 following the sinking of the Lusitania. Creating the bone carvings such as this example, was one of the ways in which the men passed their time at the camp and each