Carved keepsake box with hinged lid bearing striking image of a lion. With raised carvings along perimeter: “1919, Cairo, Egypt.” 1.5 x 4 x 3 inches.
AUCTION 66 |
Thursday, November 19th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 378
CARVED WOODEN P.O.W. BOX
Carved keepsake box with hinged lid bearing striking image of a lion. With raised carvings along perimeter: “1919, Cairo, Egypt.” 1.5 x 4 x 3 inches.
Cairo, 1919
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
German prisoners of war captured by the British fighting in East Africa were sent to camps as far flung as Egypt, Malta and India. Similarly, the British detained their Ottoman prisoners in Egypt for most of 1919.