Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Archive with upward facing Gold swords

with upward facing Gold swords affixed by prongs

3) Signed Photograph of Heinrich Starke

he served as a Leading Seaman and Petty Officer Second Class with the V-class destroyer HMCS Sioux on two tours

The causes of this condition were traced back to January 1917 while he was serving in France

3 Clasps - SEBASTOPOL

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Archive with upward facing Gold swords(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)