Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Trench Art Model U-Boat Hold with a depressed black velvet

with a depressed black velvet medal bed

undersides in forest green wool

the midsection is surmounted by an elaborate briquette of Hispano-Moorish style of knotted “B”s letters in white and blue enamel

missing the ribbon

86mm (w) x 39

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Trench Art Model U-Boat Hold with a depressed black velvet(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