GERMAN POW IN CANADA MADE SHIPS MODEL, LETHBRIDGE CAMP

HERE IS A GREAT FIND FOR WW II MEMORABILIA COLLECTOR. RECENTLY I PURCHASED 4 BOTTLES WITH  BUILT IN SHIP MODELS. ALL THESE 4 MODELS MADE BY PRISONERS OF WAR IN CANADIAN CAMPS. 3 WHERE MADE IN LETHBRIDGE CAMP, LOCATED ABOUT 160 KM SOUTH OF CALGARY. AND THE FOURTH MODEL  MADE AT SEEBE, ALBERTA, 100 KM WEST OF CALGARY . THE LADY WHO SOLD TO ME ALL 4 THESE BOTTLES SHE INHERITED FROM HER FATHER WHO WAS   AN OFFICER WITH CANADIAN FORCES AND WAS STATIONED AT LETHBRIDGE. THIS MODEL IS QUITE WELL MADE 3 MASTED SHIP WITH NAME GWYNETH. THE SCENERY IS MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND, CHURCH AND LIGHTHOUSE ON THE LEFT SIZE. BOTTLE IS VERY UNUSUAL SHAPE  - 4 OVAL SIDED FLAT PANELS. CONDITION IS EXCELLENT. NO DAMAGE. SIZE OF BOTTLE: 9 3/4" LONG, 3" X 3".  THIS ONE MADE AT LETHBRIDGE POW CAMP.  NO RESERVE. GOOD LUCK. TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER MODELS I HAVE LISTED AT THIS TIME.

There were 40 known prisoner-of-war camps across Canada during World War II. The camps were identified by letters at first, then by numbers.^[1] The prisoners were given various tasks; many worked in the forests as logging crews. In addition to the main camps there were branch camps and labour camps.

The largest number of prisoners of war was recorded as 33,798. (One source claims that at its peak, Canada interned 35,046 prisoners of war and Japanese-Canadians.^[2]) There were an additional 6,437 civil internees, members of the merchant marine and refugees.^{[citation needed]}