Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Hold He signed his Attestation Paper

He signed his Attestation Paper with the Canadian Army Medical Corps on June 1

measuring 75 cm (as presented and exclusive of loops) x 2 cm (w) (indicating Abteilungsleiter issue as per the regulations of 1934)

for a week of recuperation

naming is officially engraved

Die-stamped silver nickel

Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Hold He signed his Attestation PaperConstructed 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