Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp Province of China An Order of the Crown

An Order of the Crown of Italy in Gold

LTD OTTAWA on reverse

he was posted to the Casualty Company at No

5 mm (w) x 69

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp Province of China An Order of the Crown(Grabenkunst U Boot Modell). An interesting and possibly historically significant U Boat model, constructed of grey painted wood and hand carved by a Kriegsmarine inmate incarcerated in Bowmanville POW camp (Camp 30), with details faithfully recreated and affixed to a pedestal, the obverse of which bears a hand painted banner featuring an inscription of BOWMANVILLE CAMP 1943 alongside a gilded button retrieved from a Kriegsmarine uniform, the U Boat