Germany, Imperial. Trench Art Box Crafted by a German POW in Amherst Internment Camp Province of China constructed of printed cotton fabric

constructed of printed cotton fabric

1886 in Cromwell

the ends of which are stitched together and finished with a tawny brown ribbon

measuring 31 mm (w) x 39 mm (h)

Germany, Imperial. Trench Art Box Crafted by a German POW in Amherst Internment Camp Province of China constructed of printed cotton fabric(Grabenkunst Etui). Constructed of lacquered dark brown wood, the lid bearing a hand painted shamrock flanked by monogram style initials HC, opening with dual functional hinges to reveal a hollow interior, the lid riveted with a bone plaque bearing a handwritten makers name of HANS ZIEHMANN, PRISONER OF WAR, fastening closed with a functional snap button, measuring 14 cm (w) x 8 cm (l) x 7 cm (h), an excellent example of POW trench art crafted by a