RARITY !!! WW1 1914-1916 Sturmtruppe Galicia Germany Skull sword Momento Mori

Description

The First World War, which had a positional character on many sectors of the front, forced hundreds of thousands of people to sit day after day in trenches and dugouts and literally invent things for themselves to kill time. Among other ways of spending leisure time was the creation of household items, souvenirs, jewelry from scrap materials, which eventually became collectible items and united by the established term "trench art".
Item purchased from a private collector. You will hardly find such a second one. The only one !
Perhaps it's an ashtray, or an inkwell. Base made of artillery shell cartridge 52 mm (2.04 in) diameter
The total height of the whole figure is 15 cm (5.9 inches)
Inscriptions in German - STURMTRUPPE GALICIA 1914-1916
Coat of arms of Austria-Hungary
The inscription on the candlestick is KUKIR # 81 (possibly the number of the regiment or unit).
If you have any information or hints for this item, please email me. It is very interesting to find out more information about such an ancient mysterious product.