Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of A well-preserved icon depicting Christ

A well-preserved icon depicting Christ and the Theotokos

issued at headquarters on 9 November 1941 and featuring the handwritten signature of then-Generalmajor Rudolf Sintzenich (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

He served as an infantryman in the foremost trenches where he was wounded by enemy fire

situated above the company’s scale logo

A Lenin Pin: In bronze

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1942 Eastern Front Trench Art Commemorative Photo Album Republic of A well-preserved icon depicting Christ(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)