Germany, Wehrmacht. A Trench Art Model Spitfire Hand-Carved by a German POW Republic of Portuguese coat-of-arms in bronze gilt

Portuguese coat-of-arms in bronze gilt with red and white enamels mounted to a circular bronze gilt base

maker marked on reverse “LORIOLI

silver with a blackened semi-matte magnetic core

Buckle with a single central bar and without prongs in magnetic metal with a steel blue finish on the right end of the belt

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Trench Art Model Spitfire Hand-Carved by a German POW Republic of Portuguese coat-of-arms in bronze gilt(Modellflugzeug). An interesting trench art model Supermarine Spitfire, constructed of multiple pieces of hand carved and lacquered dark brown wood, with components riveted or glued together, consisting of a faithful scale model of an early two propeller aircraft, affixed to a pedestal with a single metal rivet, unmarked and measuring 24 cm in total height, the plane detaches from the pedestal and sits in a diving position when attached, a super