Germany, Imperial. A 1916 POW Trench Art Desk Ornament Auction in black leather-wrapped scabbard with

in black leather-wrapped scabbard with brass hardware

measuring 54 mm (w) x 59 mm (h)

He disembarked in Gourock

Iron Cross 1st Class - August 1916

consisting of a shield depicting a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika

Germany, Imperial. A 1916 POW Trench Art Desk Ornament Auction in black leather-wrapped scabbard with(Grabenkunst Schreibtischdekoration). An unusual trench art desk ornament, constructed of multiple pieces of wood with multi coloured lacquered paint, consisting of a multi step base, with one level circumscribed by dates 1916, in turn topped by oval mirrors and stylized acorns, culminating in a pedestal upon which is perched a crude hand carved German national eagle with wire feet, unmarked, measuring 38 cm (h), each segment has loosened and the