Germany, Wehrmacht. A Malton POW Camp 83 Trench Art Souvenir Pencil Sharpener consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A 1937 Kreistag Köln badge

A 1937 Kreistag Köln badge

notably written just before the author and his unit deployed to Breslau in advance of the Kapp Putsch

overlaid by a central black enameled Iron Cross

In 14K Gold (tested) with red

featuring the handwritten signature of General der Infanterie Hans Jordan (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Malton POW Camp 83 Trench Art Souvenir Pencil Sharpener consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A 1937 Kreistag Köln badge(Anspitzer). Constructed of blue and yellow bakelite, featuring a retractable lid bearing a black stenciled Heer prisoner of war (POW) wearing an overseas cap, topped by an inscription of EDEN CAMP MALTON P. O. W. CAMP 83, opening to reveal a hollow interior to accommodate pencil shavings, with the top edge featuring a socket, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), an interesting example of trench art or a camp museum souvenir, in extremely fine