Original German WWII USGI Captured Flag Insignia Section Used as Canvas for 1945 Dated Painting - 25 ½" × 21 ½" Antique Long Guns unless a higher or lower

unless a higher or lower command numeral provides better identification (for example

with areas of the brass base metal showing

This iconic grenade comes ready to be added to your collection

There is some light oxidation on the ricasso and cross guard

compared to many more rifles

Original German WWII USGI Captured Flag Insignia Section Used as Canvas for 1945 Dated Painting - 25 ½" × 21 ½" Antique Long Guns unless a higher or lowerOriginal Item: One of a kind. Here we have a very interesting piece of USGI Art, which looks to have been painted during the immediate post war occupation period in Germany. Framed, it measures 25 " 21 ", with the canvas itself measuring 21 " 17 ". Close examination however shows that the canvas itself was made using part the central swas (hook cross) portion of a German WWII NSDAP flag, which can be seen on the reverse. The flag looks to have been