Estonia. An Estonian Collaborator Pow Trench Art Box And Identity Tag Auction white and black enamelled base

white and black enamelled base

measuring 85 mm (w) x 110 mm (h)

19 cm inside diameter

While at Valcartier Camp

1922 (member no

Estonia. An Estonian Collaborator Pow Trench Art Box And Identity Tag Auction white and black enamelled baseA rare and unique trench art box made by an Estonian collaborator POW in Soviet captivity. Constructed of multiple pieces of light wood, the box features a retractable lid on a hinge, decorated on the exterior with an etched Estonian coat of arms, highlighted in national blue, black, and white colours. The lid opens to reveal a highly detailed, multi coloured design on the reverse in the form of a barbed wire POW camp fence overlaid by a Leibstandarte