Finland, Republic. A 1931 Finnish Air Force Picture Frame Auction 45 mm x 52 mm

45 mm x 52 mm

winged arrow in patinated tombac

maker marked “1” for “Deschler & Sohn

bearing a maker’s label of “WÄCHTLER & LANGE

Finland, Republic. A 1931 Finnish Air Force Picture Frame Auction 45 mm x 52 mmA well preserved 1931 Finnish Air Force trench art style commemorative picture frame, constructed of multiple pieces of lacquered and hand carved wood, consisting of a scalloped frame with carved and gilded inscriptions of MLC and 1931, with Finnish Air Force insignia of identical composition at the bottom surrounding a hand painted roundel consisting of a white and black static swastika, flanked and topped by stylized propellers, with a central