Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener victorian pins but certainly that is what

but certainly that is what this is

and would like to think sculpture pays homage to a favorite

as 5 cents would have gone quite a ways then

And in a way I can't fully articulate

no real matter as one should just lay the blocks on the coffee table and never put them away

Betty & Ed, 1943, Presumed Trench Art Dagger-like Decorated Letter Opener victorian pins but certainly that is whatI'm pretty certain this dagger like letter opener is a work of trench art, and one certainly made as a sweetheart gift for Betty, from Ed, in 1943. With B for Betty again on the reverse side, encircled twice in the tiny dots decorating both sides of it all over, which look to me to have been burned into the surface using a very fine point. I can never walk away from something like this, so much earnest effort and affection invested in it! Found in