Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model Archive possibly indicating a veteran’s souvenir

possibly indicating a veteran’s souvenir piece

constructed of battlefield-harvested magnetic metal

Constructed of light grey card stock with multi-coloured ink

Iron Cross First Class 1939 - Magnetic core

A mixed group of three Wehrmacht-issued documents

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model Archive possibly indicating a veteran’s souvenir(Grabenkunst Bismarck Modell). A superb trench art model of the famous Battleship Bismarck, constructed of lacquered brown wood, consisting of an elongated case opening with two functional sliding wooden buttons riveted to metal bracks, opening to reveal a scale model of the ship executed in stunning detail, with stacks, towers, and guns faithfully depicted and highlighted by a paper Reichskriegsflagge, affixed to a pedestal fronted by a plaque