09/06/2026
I have new "Stuff" at The Purple Fence but I'm obsessed with this peice I got yesterday! I can't seem to stop researching so I can get new stuff
put out, instead I'll share my super cool find!
This peice is referred to as POW Trench Art.
Very faintly signed on the back is POW 40/16
It was carved from Virginia Greenstone stone by a German Soldier after Allied forces defeated Axis. Europe not able to house all the
250,000 surrendering German Soldiers some where sent to the US. Some worked on farms in Virginia. These peices were often traded for meals, cigaretts crops etc. My goal is to track down the Soldier who carved this!