WW1 Niello Silver AMARA 1916 Trench Art Signet Ring machine age an iridescent gem material is

an iridescent gem material is obtained from the shells of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae

as well as a sinking shark (representing the German U-boats) speared by a marline spike

A good size at 3

and little plants in the foreground

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WW1 Niello Silver AMARA 1916 Trench Art Signet Ring machine age an iridescent gem material isDATE: Art Deco, c. 1916 Niello signet ring commemorating the siege of Kut Al Amara that took place in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) from the 7th December 1915 to the 29th April 1916. An 8000 strong British garrison stationed in the town of Kut, around 100 miles south of Baghdad, was besieged by the Ottoman 6th army. It was said, by historian Christopher Catherwood, to be "the worst defeat of the Allies in World War 1", with 23,000 dead or wounded on