Original Imperial German WWI Isle of Man Knockaloe Internment Camp Trench Art Bone Carving 40mm BOFORS The front of the receiver

The front of the receiver is maker marked by the Mauser Weapon Factory (Waffenfabrik) in Oberndorf am Neckar

and Kräftig (Strong)

It measures 16 inches tall by 13 inches wide at the widest point

had penetrated his lines

Ammunition Type: Centerfire Cartridge

Original Imperial German WWI Isle of Man Knockaloe Internment Camp Trench Art Bone Carving 40mm BOFORS The front of the receiverOriginal Item: One of a kind. On 5 August 1914, the day after World War I broke out, the British Government passed the Aliens Restrictions Act, whereby the British Government could control the movement of enemy aliens. General internment of all Germans of military age began in May 1915 following the sinking of the Lusitania. Creating the bone carvings such as this example, was one of the ways in which the men passed their time at the camp and each