Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including four various Sudeten German

including four various Sudeten German Day badges

his father’s coronation medal is attached

seven of which incorporate enamels

he joined the 2nd Canadian Field Ambulance

measuring 85 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) each)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including four various Sudeten German(Wehrmacht Ostfront Grabenkunst Fotoalbum). Constructed of blackened wood, the cover covering bearing hand carved coloured rhombuses surrounding a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1942, the reverse bearing identical geometric imagery surrounding an inscription that appears to read ANDENKEN GERHARD CLAUDE A MATIUPOLA, possibly referencing the city of Mariupol, unmarked, measuring 13 cm (w) x 8. 5 cm (l)