Truffle Pig
Airman
The third object is a small wooden cabinet. The seller got it (together with a similar but smaller example, which I never have seen) from the estate of a german WW2 aircraft mechanic. More details are not available.
So let´s have a look to the object:
The overall quality of the woodworking is professional. Both, the original elements and the later additions to make a cabinet from them. The parts are partly extremly thin. As far as I know, the wooden parts of late war Bf 109 or ME 262 are more thick to be strong enough.
The green color on the outside is later, but inside we found remains of original yellow-green color.
Used are in total four original aircraft flaps. Two of them are a littlebit different (see right door below). But same dimension and shape. No markings.
Dimensions, see pic. Each flap is slightly rounded and below 4 centimeter broader then on the top.
My idea is, these parts were made at the end of WW2, when Germany tried to replace aluminum by iron and wood. In the confusion of these days a lot of parts were build, but never used. After the war every possible part and piece was reused for smeaningful purpose (a very creative period).
So let´s have a look to the object:
The overall quality of the woodworking is professional. Both, the original elements and the later additions to make a cabinet from them. The parts are partly extremly thin. As far as I know, the wooden parts of late war Bf 109 or ME 262 are more thick to be strong enough.
The green color on the outside is later, but inside we found remains of original yellow-green color.
Used are in total four original aircraft flaps. Two of them are a littlebit different (see right door below). But same dimension and shape. No markings.
Dimensions, see pic. Each flap is slightly rounded and below 4 centimeter broader then on the top.
My idea is, these parts were made at the end of WW2, when Germany tried to replace aluminum by iron and wood. In the confusion of these days a lot of parts were build, but never used. After the war every possible part and piece was reused for smeaningful purpose (a very creative period).