Original Imperial German WWI Framed Hessian Tapestry Captured During World War II from Schloss Friedrichshof Castle by Member of General Patton’s Staff - 28 x 36½” U.S. Navy 17 11/09/1944 Metz (#169) Paul

17    11/09/1944    Metz (#169)     Paul F

so the original stock cartouches are legible

resulting in the B-5 type chute

a 60-cutter flotilla of wooden 83-foot (25 m) Coast Guard cutters

Original Imperial German WWI Framed Hessian Tapestry Captured During World War II from Schloss Friedrichshof Castle by Member of General Patton’s Staff - 28 x 36½” U.S. Navy 17 11/09/1944 Metz (#169) PaulOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous Imperial German tapestry that was taken from Schloss Friedrichshof or Kronberg Castle by then Colonel Elton Hammond, the Chief of Signals on General George S. Pattons Personal Staff. The castle was the home of Phillip von Hessen (Prince and Landgrave of Hess) and, during Post World War II Occupation, was appropriated by Pattons Third Army. It was during this period that Hammond took the tapestry. The