Germany, Kriegsmarine. A 13th U-Boat Flotilla Trench Art Plaque United Republic of similarly featuring Düppenbecker’s return address

similarly featuring Düppenbecker’s return address

and surrounded by the names of notable campaigns and engagements for the 3rd Guards Infantry Division on both the Eastern and Western Fronts of the First World War

1937  - Die-stamped tin with a bronze-coloured gilt

superimposed on top sits a silver gilt insignia bearing the Coat of arms

with deterioration of the interior liner and sweatband indicative of wear

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A 13th U-Boat Flotilla Trench Art Plaque United Republic of similarly featuring Düppenbecker’s return address(13. Unterseebootsflottille Gedenktafel). Constructed of hand carved and lightly varnished wood, the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a raised depiction of a Viking longship cutting throughout waves in a style used as an emblem by the 13th U Boat Flotilla (based in Trondheim, Norway), the reverse topped by two metal rivets for the accommodation of a hanging string, retaining an early postwar label bearing a handwritten dedication from a