Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Camp Art Model of the USS Niagara Province of China A Kriegsmarine Officer’s Breast Eagle

A Kriegsmarine Officer’s Breast Eagle - Yellow embroidered insignia on a navy blue wool base

with a red velvet recessed medal bed in the base

Measuring 195 mm (w) x 160 mm (h)

a Merit Cross for War Aid

with the roller retaining an additional unusual RZM label

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Camp Art Model of the USS Niagara Province of China A Kriegsmarine Officer’s Breast Eagle(Grabenkunst Modell). A model of the USS Niagara (the flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry at the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie) hand carved by a Kriegsmarine serviceman in Canadian captivity, of multi piece wood and cloth construction, featuring hand carved pieces recreating a stylized version of the vessel with sails, masts, and rigging visible, accompanied by a fitted wooden base, the obverse featuring a plaque bearing an inscription of NIAGARA FLAGSHIP OF