Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Archive as well as a Silver

as well as a Silver Infantry Assault Badge for his gallantry

He was appointed Adjutant with the Royal Canadian Artillery

As the survivors swam away from the burning fuel

Accompanied by its matching packet of issue

measuring 87 mm (w) x 107 mm (h)

Russia, Imperial. A Trench Art Canteen Dedicated to a German Guard by a Russian POW Archive as well as a SilverConstructed 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