Auction 66 · Lot 378
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.
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
CARVED WOODEN P.O.W. BOX
Publication
Cairo, 1919
summary
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.