Germany, Wehrmacht. A POW Trench Art Cigarette Dispenser, c. 1944 visually-hidden slim pocket with reinforced stitched

slim pocket with reinforced stitched buttoning hole and single brown flat four hole button on inner lower left side

maker marked "CRICHTON'S MOOSE JAW" on the reverse

with period repair to seams with tape

vertical pinback with floral detailing

Germany, Wehrmacht. A POW Trench Art Cigarette Dispenser, c. 1944 visually-hidden slim pocket with reinforced stitched(Grabenkunst Zigarettenspender). A superb prisoner of war (POW) trench art cigarette dispenser, of multi piece lacquered and painted wood construction, consisting of gabled house with all features faithfully executed with painted and hand carved details, with a depressible chimney the releases the floor of the house to release a cigarette, competed with a removable roof to reload contents, unmarked, measuring 15 cm (l) x 13. 5 cm (w) x 16. 5 cm (h),