Germany, Wehrmacht. A Model Battleship Hand-Carved in Gravenhurst POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Minnedosa and arriving in Quebec

Minnedosa and arriving in Quebec City on July 2nd

who shortly after lost their status as POWs and were sent to Labour Camps in violation of the Geneva Convention

it was renamed “Orion”

Tarnishing and wear ais evident to the metallic features

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Model Battleship Hand-Carved in Gravenhurst POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Minnedosa and arriving in Quebec(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.