Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Archive Order of Zahringer Lion

Order of Zahringer Lion

the reverse liner has mostly detached and is held in place by the remnants of an adhesive to the lower left corner rendering the cork core loose

and bearing four bands of black threaded and silver aluminum wire piping

(SS Mitglieds Aarmband)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Archive Order of Zahringer Lion(Kriegsgefangenenlagerwrter Zigarettenetui). Constructed of aluminum, the lid bearing a hand engraved Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika situated above a date of OKT. 1943, circumscribed by an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE WACHE GEFANGEN LAGER GRUMELLE DEL PIANO, the base bearing a hand engraved map of the Mediterranean and its coastal regions, opening with a functional hinge to reveal a plain interior, unmarked, measuring 7. 5 cm (w)