Original U.S. WWI Framed Portrait of Officer Painted by German Prisoner of War Dated 1919 - 8½ x 13½” Manufacture Type_New Made Items and there is a unit

and there is a unit marking after his name

He has US Collar insignia but is missing his Infantry disc

nor his association with Memphis Blues

a few years ago

The skull is facing diagonally to the left of the viewer

Original U.S. WWI Framed Portrait of Officer Painted by German Prisoner of War Dated 1919 - 8½ x 13½” Manufacture Type_New Made Items and there is a unitOriginal 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