Germany, Wehrmacht. A Model Battleship Hand-Carved in Gravenhurst POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac it was renamed “Orion”

it was renamed “Orion”

shows slight wear/runner marks with nearly 98% of crossgraining

both on the exterior as well as the interior

who shortly after lost their status as POWs and were sent to Labour Camps in violation of the Geneva Convention

A grouping of Luftwaffe trade insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Model Battleship Hand-Carved in Gravenhurst POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac it was renamed “Orion”(Kriegsgefangenen Modell Schlachtschiff). Constructed of unvarnished wood, consisting of a scale model of a battleship with stacks, towers, turrets, and other details constructed separately and carefully added in place, affixed to a pedestal of identical construction, the obverse of which bears a hand painted inscription of SOUVENIER OF A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CANADA CAMP C, indicating construction by an inmate of Gravenhurst POW Camp, measuring 45.