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Trench Art
Art des tranchées
Trench Art Letter Opener - Lieutenant Thomas Percival Elder
Trench Art Letter Opener - Lieutenant Thomas Percival Elder. One side of the blade reads: "12th Canadian Trench Mortar Battery". The other reads "TPE" for Thomas Percival Elder.
This artefact is mentioned in Elder's letter of October 1st, 1917 (2023.304.017) to his brother Bert: "I sent you a little souvenir paper knife last week. The cartridge is German and I picked it up on the Somme near Poiziers the buttons anywhere." See Elder, Thomas Percival Fonds, Letter Series.
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