Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model United Republic of 1872 in Lunéville

1872 in Lunéville

reverse inscribed "A BENEFICIO DEL PANE GRATUITO AI PRIGIONIERI BISOGNOSI" and surrounded by the same interlocking border design as that used on the obverse

7 mm x 72 mm

A French issued decoration

A first and second war German medal ribbon bar grouping

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model United Republic of 1872 in Lunéville(Grabenkunst Bismarck Modell). A superb trench art model of the famous Battleship Bismarck, constructed of lacquered brown wood, consisting of an elongated case opening with two functional sliding wooden buttons riveted to metal bracks, opening to reveal a scale model of the ship executed in stunning detail, with stacks, towers, and guns faithfully depicted and highlighted by a paper Reichskriegsflagge, affixed to a pedestal fronted by a plaque