Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp Province of China gilt Gothic "S" cypher (designating

gilt Gothic "S" cypher (designating Officer's School)

measuring 66 mm (w) x 66 mm (l) x 16 mm (h)

An Order of the Crown of Italy in Gold

a mustard gas shell exploded

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp Province of China gilt Gothic "S" cypher (designating(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