WW2 Trench Art Parachute / Flower Ring Size:9 a couple of small stones

a couple of small stones are missing

Brilliant Cut Diamonds - total carat weight 1

5 carat pear shaped native cut aquamarine dangling beneath an old mine cut diamond bail

Beautifully made and perfectly matched

WW2 Trench Art Parachute / Flower Ring Size:9 a couple of small stonesDATE: WW2, c. 1940 Remarkable WW2 "trench art" ring, circa 1915. At first (and for quite a while actually) I thought it was a simple flower design with petals and central copper detail, but looking at it now is it really a parachute and soldier viewed from the ground? During WW2 a more mechanised army offered the soldier artist access to more advanced tools and materials, so the variety and intricacy complexity of the pieces was greatly expanded. And