Germany, Third Reich. A Copy of Abgelöst, by D. Graff, after Herbert Schnürpel Auction measuring at 38mm (w) x

measuring at 38mm (w) x 53mm (h)

A First War period Officer in bronze gilt

worn on ornate suspension with small light blue ribbon

demonstrating minor loss of finish and with some surface oxidation divisible to the core of the Iron Cross and the screw post

Gustav Havel is ranked Gefreiten (Private) and is part of the Nebelwerfer Regiment 52

Germany, Third Reich. A Copy of Abgelöst, by D. Graff, after Herbert Schnürpel Auction measuring at 38mm (w) x(lbind). A superb copy of Abgelst (Relieved or Replaced), presented in oil on board, featuring a somber depiction of a group of Heer soldiers, some wearing Stahlhelme while others display bloody dressings from battlefield wounds, as they depart from a smoke or fog ridden battlefield, their neutral expressions betraying a conditioned indifference to the horrors of the battlefield as they appear to advance on the viewer, the lower right corner bearing a