Germany, Imperial. An S.S. Rugia Trench Art-Style Picture Frame consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 37 mm (w) x

measuring 37 mm (w) x 38

Four years later

date engraved "5-6-64" (June 5

After his hospital discharge

81908-1918) 3

Germany, Imperial. An S.S. Rugia Trench Art-Style Picture Frame consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 37 mm (w) x(S. S. Rugia Grabeskunst Bilderrahmen). A unique S. S. Rugia trench art style commemorative picture frame, consisting of a white painted wooden lifebuoy, bearing hand painted flags of Imperial Germany, the city of Hamburg, the Hamburg America Line, and a Reichskriegsflagge, in addition to raised and gilt inscriptions of S. S. RUGIA and HAMBURG, surrounding a carved dark brown wooden frame which retains an intact glass face, the reverse with two swivel