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 overlaid by a central black

overlaid by a central black enameled Iron Cross

(Schlesischer Adler II

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

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

Ontario when he applied for the War Service Badge

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 overlaid by a central black(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