Germany, Wehrmacht. A Model Battleship Hand-Carved in Gravenhurst POW Camp certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "IKOM"

maker marked "IKOM"

They crawled around twisted pieces of steel that had once been supporting arches

Petersburg city marked

The border has the script “Arbeit für dein Volk adelt dich Selbst - Deutscher Frauenarbeitsdienst (loosely translated: Work for your people makes you noble - German Women’s Labour Service)

the letter originally two-sided with both sides copied

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Model Battleship Hand-Carved in Gravenhurst POW Camp certificate_of_authenticity maker marked "IKOM"(Kriegsgefangenen Modell Schlachtschiff). Constructed of unvarnished wood, consisting of a scale model of a battleship with stacks, towers, turrets, and other details constructed separately and carefully added in place, affixed to a pedestal of identical construction, the obverse of which bears a hand painted inscription of SOUVENIER OF A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CANADA CAMP C, indicating construction by an inmate of Gravenhurst POW Camp, measuring 45.