Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Auction including foreign nationals

including foreign nationals

A Landwehr Long Service Clasp 2nd Class with certificate

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1942 and designated Naval Aviator (Heavier than Air) on April 14

Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Auction including foreign nationals(Grabenkunst Schreibtischdekoration). Constructed of lacquered dark brown wood, consisting of a sphere emanating from a cascading stem, bearing hand painted imagery of tents amid trees and building, topped by a German national eagle, in turn affixed to a flattened base of identical construction, bearing dates 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, interspersed with an inscription of MALTA KRIEGSGEFANGENEN=LAGER, the base showing a rivet securing the finial in place