Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Archive light flaking in the enamels

light flaking in the enamels on the bottom arm of the reverse

1944 until 1946

chronicling the festivities

1942-43 (Jellicoe's Squadrons

1927 ANNO V" above

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Archive light flaking in the enamels(Wehrmacht Ostfront Grabenkunst Fotoalbum). Constructed of blackened wood, the cover covering bearing hand carved coloured rhombuses surrounding a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1942, the reverse bearing identical geometric imagery surrounding an inscription that appears to read ANDENKEN GERHARD CLAUDE A MATIUPOLA, possibly referencing the city of Mariupol, unmarked, measuring 13 cm (w) x 8. 5 cm (l)