Original U.S. WWI Framed Portrait of Officer Painted by German Prisoner of War Dated 1919 - 8½ x 13½” Manufacture Type_New Made Items nor his association with Memphis

nor his association with Memphis Blues

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a few years ago

and there is a unit marking after his name

nurses and employees at military posts

Original U.S. WWI Framed Portrait of Officer Painted by German Prisoner of War Dated 1919 - 8½ x 13½” Manufacture Type_New Made Items nor his association with MemphisOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a lovely painted ovular portrait of Lieutenant Paul Cairnes Hunter, 304th Stevedore Regiment, QMC. The back of the frame notes that the portrait was painted by a German POW. The portrait is signed and dated in the corner, Olipps Frk. 1919, likely the rank and name of the German Prisoner of War who painted it. The frame measures 8 x 13 and is in great shape. The inscription on the back of the frame reads: Lt. Paul