Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1881 in Montreal

1881 in Montreal

Medal for Zeal - Gold' grade of medal for Zeal

Accompanied by four Award Documents

a Soviet one is in silver

dated 8 June 1943 and certified by the handwritten signature of Major Horst Barsikow

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 1881 in Montreal(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