Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Camp Art Model of the USS Niagara Province of China Outside the generally recognized line

Outside the generally recognized line of grand masters from its origin in the sixteenth century to the present day

A Kriegsmarine Officer’s Breast Eagle - Yellow embroidered insignia on a navy blue wool base

the obverse bearing a raised and leftward-facing profile of Germania

Stitched onto the peak is a gilded aluminum Labour-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

the pierre a fois and briquet

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Camp Art Model of the USS Niagara Province of China Outside the generally recognized line(Grabenkunst Modell). A model of the USS Niagara (the flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie) hand carved by a Kriegsmarine serviceman in Canadian captivity, of multi piece wood and cloth construction, featuring hand carved pieces recreating a stylized version of the vessel with sails, masts, and rigging visible, accompanied by a fitted wooden base, the obverse featuring a plaque bearing an inscription of NIAGARA FLAGSHIP OF