Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse of the blouse

the reverse of the blouse presents a central

A plaque to commemorate the ideology of the sword and plow - the seamless blending of military and peasantry

The village had been an original objective of July 1st

S" and marked "STERLING SILVER" on the reverse

Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse of the blouseConstructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a central hand etched heart pierced by a sword and anchor, flanked by dates 1914 1915, and topped by dedications of ZUM ANDENKEN GEFANGENEN LAGER CROSSEN A O (IN MEMORY OF PRISONER OF WAR CAMP CROSSEN AN ODER, now Krosno Odrzaskiem, Poland) and AUGUST GUST, the reverse bearing a hand etched Imperial Russian eagle overlaid by the monograms of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra, surrounded along the edges