Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Battleship Tirpitz Model, POW Maker-Attributed, from Canadian Camp 100 Auction Archive Louis Bonaparte

Louis Bonaparte

He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves

inscribed "MEINEM VERTHEIDIGER DAS DANKBARE VATERLAND" (To the Defenders / The Thankful Country) above and "AM 6 JUNY

Second Class - In blackened iron

All of fine quality manufacture

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Battleship Tirpitz Model, POW Maker-Attributed, from Canadian Camp 100 Auction Archive Louis Bonaparte(Schlachtschiff Modell). A superb hand made scale model of the Battleship Tirpitz, executed in exceptional detail and featuring hand carved and hand painted wooden details faithfully recreating the Bismarcks famous sister ship, with all guns, stacks, towers, and other details including its floatplane, rafts, and chains clearly depicted, affixed to a lacquered wooden base, the obverse featuring a wooden plaque bearing a hand painted owners dedication