Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of A well-preserved icon depicting Christ

A well-preserved icon depicting Christ and the Theotokos

A Lenin Pin: In bronze

Sold with copied service papers and roll extracts

George lived through Dunkirk and recovered from a severe head wound he had received during the Belgian Flanders campaign

with numerous types of decorative materials used in production

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of A well-preserved icon depicting Christ(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)