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Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox

Rare British WW1 Trench Art “Male” Mark IV Wooden Model Tank Moneybox

Here on offer is a genuine piece of WW1 Trench Art, being a Mark IV Wooden Model Tank that is also a moneybag.

The wooden model has been skilfully made and has a slot cut in the top section to allow coins to be placed in it. There is a hinged flap at the back that lifts up to allow the money to be removed.

Strangely scratched into the base is what looks like a British Service number:

TH2854

and also the number or year 1946?

I think this is a British WW1 Service number and possibly the solider that made the tank moneybox.

Why the number/date 1946, I have no idea.

The unusual rhomboidal shape of WW1 tanks was to give as long a track run as possible to allow for crossing the wide trenches prevalent on the Western Front battlefields.
The heavy tanks were designated "male" or "female" according to the type of armament they carried in the sponsons fitted to their sides.
The prototype mounted a 6-pounder (57 mm) cannon and a Hotchkiss machine gun in each. The designers were concerned that the slow-moving vehicles would be vulnerable to attack by enemy infantry, and decided that dedicated anti-personnel weaponry was necessary. It was decided to design a new sponson that would instead house two Vickers guns. Tanks fitted with the new design were designated "female", and those with the protruding 6-pounder, "male". (This had the unfortunate effect of making the prototype "Mother" a "male".)

A great piece of Trench Art that is in excellent condition and can still be used as a moneybox today.

The Model Tank measures 6” (15.3cm) long, 2.8” (7.3cm) high and 4.25” (10.5cm) wide, gun turret to gun turret.

It weighs 140g.

The Model/Moneybox is in excellent original condition with a small chip to the front edge and some tiny age knocks to the wood finish.

Please see my pictures for the details of the condition, which complement this description.

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