Metal ring with yellow metal face. Souvenir of Yser, inscribed '14/17', referring to World War I battles that took place there in 1914 and 1917. The Yser is a river that flows from the north of France into Belgium and out to the sea at Nieuwpoort.

2025年3月6日 · This is Yser ww1 trench ring nr. 3 (named after the river Yser in Belgium). The front is decorated with 3 little metal plates: 1) one black painted or may be done with acid. There is a bit of that paint on…2) the neigbour brass plate wth name . 3) one copper plate. The sides have a line >>>> engraving patern in the aluminium .

The Battle of the Yser (French: Bataille de l'Yser, Dutch: Slag om de IJzer) was a battle of the First World War that took place in October 1914 between the towns of Nieuwpoort and Diksmuide, along a 35 km (22 mi) stretch of the Yser River and the Yperlee Canal, in Belgium. [4]

The Yser (US: / iːˈzɛər / ee-ZAIR, [1] French: [izɛʁ]; Dutch: IJzer [ˈɛizər] ⓘ) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort.

2016年12月8日 · After four years of war, the Belgian army instituted a new award n October 18 1918, known as the Yser (pronounced “EEZ-air”) Medal. It was created to commemorate the action of the Belgian Army that had stood along the Yser river in north Belgium, facing the full might of the German army between October 17 and 31, 1914.

ANTIQUE TRENCH ART YSER IRON RING BELGIUM 1914-1917 8,2 GR SIZE 59

An interesting piece of trench art in the form of a signet ring, which bears the word Yser on one side and 14-15 (1914-1915) on the other. The front of the ring appears to bear the coin portrait of the Belgian King Albert I.

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2025年3月9日 · The Yser is a little River in the West of Belgium ( West-flanderen). During WW1 in 1914/15 there was a famous battle here. On the ring is engraved: “Souvenir de L’Yser”.