Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model United Republic of 1917 and promoted to Sergeant

1917 and promoted to Sergeant on March 1

reverse inscribed "A BENEFICIO DEL PANE GRATUITO AI PRIGIONIERI BISOGNOSI" and surrounded by the same interlocking border design as that used on the obverse

reverse illustrating two lions flanking the Swedish coat-of-arms

in near extremely fine condition with nearly all of its original silvering remaining

7 mm x 72 mm

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model United Republic of 1917 and promoted to Sergeant(Grabenkunst Bismarck Modell). A superb trench art model of the famous Battleship Bismarck, constructed of lacquered brown wood, consisting of an elongated case opening with two functional sliding wooden buttons riveted to metal bracks, opening to reveal a scale model of the ship executed in stunning detail, with stacks, towers, and guns faithfully depicted and highlighted by a paper Reichskriegsflagge, affixed to a pedestal fronted by a plaque