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 featuring the handwritten signature of

featuring the handwritten signature of General der Infanterie Hans Jordan (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

measuring 34 mm (h) x 44 mm (w)

served at Wolseley Barracks cell block

(Schlesischer Adler II

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 featuring the handwritten signature of(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