Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Accompanied by four Award Documents

Accompanied by four Award Documents

and rolled gold bullion wires on the outer rim

transitioning into an off-white lining through the sleeves

dated 8 June 1943 and certified by the handwritten signature of Major Horst Barsikow

measuring 124 cm (w) x 128 cm (h)

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Accompanied by four Award Documents(Grabenkunst U Boot Modell). An interesting and possibly historically significant U Boat model, constructed of grey painted wood and hand carved by a Kriegsmarine inmate incarcerated in Bowmanville POW camp (Camp 30), with details faithfully recreated and affixed to a pedestal, the obverse of which bears a hand painted banner featuring an inscription of BOWMANVILLE CAMP 1943 alongside a gilded button retrieved from a Kriegsmarine uniform, the U Boat