Germany, Wehrmacht. A Malton POW Camp 83 Trench Art Souvenir Pencil Sharpener consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac served at Wolseley Barracks cell

served at Wolseley Barracks cell block

Major Henry Willis O’Connor

abbreviated Br

overlaid by a central black enameled Iron Cross

Ontario when he applied for the War Service Badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Malton POW Camp 83 Trench Art Souvenir Pencil Sharpener consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac served at Wolseley Barracks cell(Anspitzer). Constructed of blue and yellow bakelite, featuring a retractable lid bearing a black stenciled Heer prisoner of war (POW) wearing an overseas cap, topped by an inscription of EDEN CAMP MALTON P. O. W. CAMP 83, opening to reveal a hollow interior to accommodate pencil shavings, with the top edge featuring a socket, unmarked, measuring 36 mm (w) x 48 mm (h), an interesting example of trench art or a camp museum souvenir, in extremely fine