Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Camp Art Model of the USS Niagara Republic of A KDF (Strength through Joy/Kraft

A KDF (Strength through Joy/Kraft Durch Freude) Gau Franken badge

the reverse retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with an illegible maker’s code and secondary code of “258031”

Fine and near very fine

all post 1945) and (several hundreds of photographs some loose

a single shoulder board of interwoven bright silver/aluminium Russian braid mounted on a green wool base

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A POW Camp Art Model of the USS Niagara Republic of A KDF (Strength through Joy/Kraft(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