Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1945 Commemorative Relief Hand-Carved by a German POW in Normandy Newly Listed the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction

the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps was re-designated as the Corps of Canadian Railway Troops

BDE: CAN: F

with a strength of 35 officers and 936 other ranks under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel R

The dagger has been restored and clean

labeled “Collar tab for Oberförster and Forstamtmann”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1945 Commemorative Relief Hand-Carved by a German POW in Normandy Newly Listed the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction(Kriegsgefangenen Gedenktafel). An elaborate commemorative relief, constructed of wood, the obverse featuring a hand carved scene of a male and female figure seats in an alpine style tavern, situated above a dedication of KRIEGSGEFANGENSCHAFT 1945 (PRISONER OF WAR 1945), situated with a fitted and brown painted wooden frame, the reverse riveted with a magnetic metal suspension loop, bearing a handwritten dedication of ERINNERUNG A. D.