Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of at the age of 14

at the age of 14

depicting a central oak branch consisting of three leaves

A Lenin Pin: In bronze

He served as an infantryman in the foremost trenches where he was wounded by enemy fire

and a close friend to Adolf Hitler before falling out of favour due to a quarrel with Propaganda Minister Dr

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of at the age of 14(Wehrmacht Ostfront Grabenkunst Fotoalbum). Constructed of blackened wood, the cover covering bearing hand carved coloured rhombuses surrounding a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1942, the reverse bearing identical geometric imagery surrounding an inscription that appears to read ANDENKEN GERHARD CLAUDE A MATIUPOLA, possibly referencing the city of Mariupol, unmarked, measuring 13 cm (w) x 8. 5 cm (l)