Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Battleship Tirpitz Model, POW Maker-Attributed, from Canadian Camp 100 Auction Archive inscribed "MEINEM VERTHEIDIGER DAS DANKBARE

inscribed "MEINEM VERTHEIDIGER DAS DANKBARE VATERLAND" (To the Defenders / The Thankful Country) above and "AM 6 JUNY

Louis Bonaparte

All of fine quality manufacture

Second Class - In blackened iron

surrounding stylized initials “DRL”

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Battleship Tirpitz Model, POW Maker-Attributed, from Canadian Camp 100 Auction Archive inscribed "MEINEM VERTHEIDIGER DAS DANKBARE(Schlachtschiff Modell). A superb hand made scale model of the Battleship Tirpitz, executed in exceptional detail and featuring hand carved and hand painted wooden details faithfully recreating the Bismarcks famous sister ship, with all guns, stacks, towers, and other details including its floatplane, rafts, and chains clearly depicted, affixed to a lacquered wooden base, the obverse featuring a wooden plaque bearing a hand painted owners dedication