WW1 Niello Silver AMARA 1916 Trench Art Signet Ring machine age Originally designed to be worn

Originally designed to be worn on the end of a pocket watch chain

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Crafted in 15 karat gold with impeccable neoclassical engraved detailing

A good size at 3

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

WW1 Niello Silver AMARA 1916 Trench Art Signet Ring machine age Originally designed to be wornDATE: 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