Not aviation but I bet it was carried in a C47 or similar at some point in the war!
Weirdest piece of ‘trench art’ i’ve ever seen. And yes, that is me who bid on it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290172654558
By: avion ancien - 31st October 2007 at 22:06
God knows!
So why does eBay.fr – ostensibly as a result of collaboration with the French authorities – want to protect me from exposure to that? What a curious world we live in!
By: Creaking Door - 31st October 2007 at 21:42
Do tell us what it is!
A small (approx 150mm long) coffin with ‘Italy 1945’ crudely carved into the lid. The lid pivots around a screw at the foot of the coffin to reveal a carved skeleton within. The skeleton is reasonably anatomically correct except that he has a penis which is articulated on the carving so that, to quote the listing, ‘with a subtle flick of the hand’ the skeleton appears to get an erection.
You had to ask! 😀
By: avion ancien - 31st October 2007 at 20:55
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Not aviation but I bet it was carried in a C47 or similar at some point in the war!
Weirdest piece of ‘trench art’ i’ve ever seen. And yes, that is me who bid on it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290172654558
Do tell us what it is! For those of us who live in France, so much of this ‘ex-military’ material (which I assume it to be) is blocked from viewing on eBay. So much for freedom of information within the EU!
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October 29, 2007 at 11:43 pm