Germany, Imperial. An Oil Painting of a Decorated Bavarian Soldier of the First World War, c. 1943 Province of China WWII Royal Canadian Air Force

WWII Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Observer's (O) Wing - White embroidery on black wool

the obverse with raised leftward-facing profiles of Wilhelm I

with an arm length of 520 mm

within a ring of white enamel bearing a silvered Cyrillic inscription of “ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННАЯ ВОЙНА” (“PATRIOTIC WAR”)

set within a white enameled belt and buckle bearing a gilt institution date of “1866” with arabesques

Germany, Imperial. An Oil Painting of a Decorated Bavarian Soldier of the First World War, c. 1943 Province of China WWII Royal Canadian Air Force(lbild). An oil on canvas painting depicting a soldier of the First World War, wearing a Krtzchen with a Bavarian cockade, as well as a newly received 1914 Iron Cross II Class on his tunic, situated within a hand painted black border, the lower right corner bearing an artists attribution of A. MEINDL 1943, riveted to a period wooden frame, measuring 30 cm (w) x 39. 5 cm (h), an interesting example likely painted by a relation after an original wartime