Original British WWII British / Commonwealth Forces Prisoner of War Carved Wooden Plate from Épinal, France 1945 - P.W. Camp 451 Brown Bess Musket Parts possibly from moth damage

possibly from moth damage

which has unfortunately removed the original markings

King Louis XVIII abdicates the throne

Inside are suspension loops for the late pattern chinstraps and liner

the President of the Republic

Original British WWII British / Commonwealth Forces Prisoner of War Carved Wooden Plate from Épinal, France 1945 - P.W. Camp 451 Brown Bess Musket Parts possibly from moth damageOriginal Item: Only One Available. During the early 1940s, the Germans had established a prisoner of war camp in Epinal. The camp held hundreds of the British POWs captured around the Mediterranean, including Indian soldiers taken at Tobruk. In May 1944, as they were preparing for the invasion of Europe, the Allies bombed the prison camp. Hundreds of those held captive escaped, but having done so, found themselves wandering the French countryside,