Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model Auction Archive In heavily constructed steel painted

In heavily constructed steel painted in field grey

Early fine quality issue in fire gilded tombac

on short original ribbon

stain on ribbon

with a wide bloc hinge and patinated magnetic metal pinback emanating from a stud

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Superb Trench Art Battleship Bismarck Model Auction Archive In heavily constructed steel painted(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