Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of at the age of 14

at the age of 14

A well-preserved icon depicting Christ and the Theotokos

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

depicting a central oak branch consisting of three leaves

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of at the age of 14(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)