A Belgian Prisoner of War wood chess set

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A Belgian Prisoner of War wood chess set
in light and dark hues, depicting Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert in military uniform and wearing his pickelhaube (spiked helmet) and Princess Augusta Victoria versus Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elisabeth, circa 1917 -- king 3¼in. (8.4cm), pawn 2¼in. (5.7cm), and the sandalwood games box, the cover carved in high relief with a coat of arms, the obverse with a chess and combined Polish draughts board, inscribed in ink to the side Camp de Zeist 1914-1917, and the set of draught pieces, each incised Zeist, the obverse of each inscribed with the names of battle sites within Belgium during the First World War
See Illustration. (3)

拍品專文

The internment camp eist lay close to Utrecht in the Netherlands. The set was sent by its maker to a friend or relative in Copenhagen, where it was purchased by the present owner. A copy of a parcel form bearing the camp name can be viewed with this lot.