Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp Province of China he was posted to the

he was posted to the Casualty Company at No

LTD OTTAWA on reverse

gilt Gothic "S" cypher (designating Officer's School)

where he was taken on strength of the 8th Reserve Battalion at Witley upon arrival

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Cased Model of U-99 Carved by an Inmate of Bowmanville POW Camp Province of China he was posted to the(Grabenkunst U Boot Modell). An interesting and possibly historically significant U Boat model, constructed of grey painted wood and hand carved by a Kriegsmarine inmate incarcerated in Bowmanville POW camp (Camp 30), with details faithfully recreated and affixed to a pedestal, the obverse of which bears a hand painted banner featuring an inscription of BOWMANVILLE CAMP 1943 alongside a gilded button retrieved from a Kriegsmarine uniform, the U Boat