Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Province of China the obverse bear an aluminum

the obverse bear an aluminum yarn “V” pattern Litze with a centre stripe of bright aluminum with a silver coloured pebbled button affixed to the upper portion

The exterior of the cap is constructed of white cotton

Type 2 (silver with red enamels

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

topped with a blue enamelled "U" on a white field within a detailed red enamelled border

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Grumello del Piano POW Camp Guard Trench Art Cigarette Case Province of China the obverse bear an aluminum(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)