Germany, Imperial. An S.S. Rugia Trench Art-Style Picture Frame United Republic of the poster has been rolled

the poster has been rolled up and demonstrates only slight creasing and fatigue to the edge consistent with age

with some of the threading coming undone

Also inset into the handle near the pommel is a silvered SA insignia measuring 9 mm in diameter

Below the central attachment is marked in white “RCMI 1973

patches: two in white

Germany, Imperial. An S.S. Rugia Trench Art-Style Picture Frame United Republic of the poster has been rolled(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