Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Province of China The exterior of the cap

The exterior of the cap is constructed of white cotton

John Robert Taber

Meteorological Observer "M" Wing (38

Type 2 (silver with red enamels

maker marked on reverse “Эдуард” (“Eduard”) for the firm of Eduard Ferdinanovich Dietwald

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Province of China The exterior of the cap(Kriegsgefangenenlagerwrter Zigarettenetui). Constructed of aluminum, the lid bearing a hand engraved Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika situated above a date of OKT. 1943, circumscribed by an inscription of ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DIE WACHE GEFANGEN LAGER GRUMELLE DEL PIANO, the base bearing a hand engraved map of the Mediterranean and its coastal regions, opening with a functional hinge to reveal a plain interior, unmarked, measuring 7. 5 cm (w)