Germany, Imperial. Trench Art Box Crafted by a German POW in Amherst Internment Camp Province of China 1918 and posted to Shorncliffe

1918 and posted to Shorncliffe on the 30th

1886 in Cromwell

measuring 82 mm x 108 mm

with ornate framing with a floral motif on both ends

a Preface to the First Edition (1947)

Germany, Imperial. Trench Art Box Crafted by a German POW in Amherst Internment Camp Province of China 1918 and posted to Shorncliffe(Grabenkunst Etui). Constructed of lacquered dark brown wood, the lid bearing a hand painted shamrock flanked by monogram style initials HC, opening with dual functional hinges to reveal a hollow interior, the lid riveted with a bone plaque bearing a handwritten makers name of HANS ZIEHMANN, PRISONER OF WAR, fastening closed with a functional snap button, measuring 14 cm (w) x 8 cm (l) x 7 cm (h), an excellent example of POW trench art crafted by a