WWI Trench Art Shell Vase

Presented to Tully Lodge No. 136, International Order of Oddfellows, by Lt. Waldo S. Ellinwood (1885-1975) Quartermaster, Supply Co., Quartermaster Corps, 104th Inf. Regt, 26th Inf. Division. Ellinwood was a member of Tully Lodge, Athol Mass. During the War the 26th Division saw extensive fighting in July-August 1918 at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood. Ellinwood received shrapnel wounds to his left elbow and back during the fighting in France. Lower portion of the shell is fluted. Upper portion is stippled and has embossed symbols of IOOF including the all-seeing eye, a chain of three links, and an open hand holding a heart. Engraved around bottom "Presented to/Tully Lodge No. 136 IOOF/By. Lt. W.S. Ellingwood Q M Corps A.E.F." 3-3/8" wide x 13-1/4" high.