Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Trench Art Model U-Boat certificate_of_authenticity The officers canteen show mothing

The officers canteen show mothing but is solid

with a raised barrel hinge and narrow banjo-style pinback meeting a round catch

and number stamped “1183” stamped below

one month shy of his forty-fourth birthday

marked KK (for Karnet Kysely)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Trench Art Model U-Boat certificate_of_authenticity The officers canteen show mothing(Grabenkunst U Boot Modell). An interesting trench art U Boat model constructed by a German prisoner of war (POW) in Allied custody, constructed of wood with a faithful dark grey paint scheme, with tower, pericopes, and swivel deck guns, in addition two original spinning propellers, bearing hand painted dedications of 589 (a Type VIIC vessel which carried out seven patrols and sank one ship for 417 gross register tons before being sunk by Royal Navy