Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Auction An illegible maker’s mark is

An illegible maker’s mark is stamped onto the crown in black ink

5 mm x 75 mm Army green cloth

ribbons in very fine condition

and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912

1943 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the XXIII

Germany, Imperial. A Desk Ornament Carved by a German POW in Malta, c. 1917 Auction An illegible maker’s mark is(Grabenkunst Schreibtischdekoration). Constructed of lacquered dark brown wood, consisting of a sphere emanating from a cascading stem, bearing hand painted imagery of tents amid trees and building, topped by a German national eagle, in turn affixed to a flattened base of identical construction, bearing dates 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, interspersed with an inscription of MALTA KRIEGSGEFANGENEN=LAGER, the base showing a rivet securing the finial in place