Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album United Republic of Gesch” as well as “BeBo”

Gesch” as well as “BeBo” and with RAD logo

where he performed Watchkeeping and Signals duties

The blade sits securely within a stylized bronze crossguard

A presentation case for a IV Class Commander’s Badge of the Order of the Golden Grain

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album United Republic of Gesch” as well as “BeBo”(Wehrmacht Ostfront Grabenkunst Fotoalbum). Constructed of blackened wood, the cover covering bearing hand carved coloured rhombuses surrounding a central Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1942, the reverse bearing identical geometric imagery surrounding an inscription that appears to read ANDENKEN GERHARD CLAUDE A MATIUPOLA, possibly referencing the city of Mariupol, unmarked, measuring 13 cm (w) x 8. 5 cm (l)