Germany, Wehrmacht. A POW Trench Art Cigarette Dispenser, c. 1944 visually-hidden vertical pinback with floral detailing

vertical pinback with floral detailing

bright red rayon base

suspended from a large hollow swivel crown and an elaborate ribbon bearing the Coat of Arms of the Order

with period repair to seams with tape

Germany, Wehrmacht. A POW Trench Art Cigarette Dispenser, c. 1944 visually-hidden vertical pinback with floral detailing(Grabenkunst Zigarettenspender). A superb prisoner of war (POW) trench art cigarette dispenser, of multi piece lacquered and painted wood construction, consisting of gabled house with all features faithfully executed with painted and hand carved details, with a depressible chimney the releases the floor of the house to release a cigarette, competed with a removable roof to reload contents, unmarked, measuring 15 cm (l) x 13. 5 cm (w) x 16. 5 cm (h),