Germany, Imperial. A 1916 POW Trench Art Desk Ornament Auction The Canadian Scouts were raised

The Canadian Scouts were raised in South Africa in December 1900 and January 1901

measuring 54 mm (w) x 59 mm (h)

3 mm and 39

consisting of a shield depicting a national eagle with open wings clutching a mobile swastika

He disembarked in Gourock

Germany, Imperial. A 1916 POW Trench Art Desk Ornament Auction The Canadian Scouts were raised(Grabenkunst Schreibtischdekoration). An unusual trench art desk ornament, constructed of multiple pieces of wood with multi coloured lacquered paint, consisting of a multi step base, with one level circumscribed by dates 1916, in turn topped by oval mirrors and stylized acorns, culminating in a pedestal upon which is perched a crude hand carved German national eagle with wire feet, unmarked, measuring 38 cm (h), each segment has loosened and the