WW1 "Guerre" Trench Art Signet Ring love token They date from the latter

They date from the latter half of the 19th Century

and so was perceived to be a magical creature - Pliny the Elder wrote of them: "A salamander is so cold that it puts out fire on contact

Hinged at the bottom

in front of a vine with grape bunches

The three bands are each set with a different gemstone - ruby

WW1 "Guerre" Trench Art Signet Ring love token They date from the latterDATE: 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