Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Auction Archive reverse with inscription “ЗАТРУДЫ ПО

reverse with inscription “ЗАТРУДЫ ПО ПЕРВОЙ ВСЕОБЩЕЙ ПЕРЕПИСИ НАСЕЛЕНІЯ 1897”

Stosstruppf

when he enlisted for service as an Interpreter with 1st The Royal Dragoons (1D/4954) and served as a Trumpeter with the regiment

Three days later he had a dull pain in the right infra-clavicular region

Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Auction Archive reverse with inscription “ЗАТРУДЫ ПО(Grabenkunst Schreibtischdekoration). Constructed of lacquered dark brown wood, consisting of a sphere emanating from a cascading stem, bearing hand painted imagery of tents amid trees and building, topped by a German national eagle, in turn affixed to a flattened base of identical construction, bearing dates 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, interspersed with an inscription of MALTA KRIEGSGEFANGENEN=LAGER, the base showing a rivet securing the finial in place