Germany, Wehrmacht. A Trench Art Model Spitfire Hand-Carved by a German POW Province of China An extremely well-preserved Heer Officer’s

An extremely well-preserved Heer Officer’s dress sabre

in silvered tombac and red and white enamels

/ If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep

the convex chinscales are brass and secured to the helmet by M1891 posts

59441 Private James Hawkins

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Trench Art Model Spitfire Hand-Carved by a German POW Province of China An extremely well-preserved Heer Officer’s(Modellflugzeug). An interesting trench art model Supermarine Spitfire, constructed of multiple pieces of hand carved and lacquered dark brown wood, with components riveted or glued together, consisting of a faithful scale model of an early two propeller aircraft, affixed to a pedestal with a single metal rivet, unmarked and measuring 24 cm in total height, the plane detaches from the pedestal and sits in a diving position when attached, a super