A board game devised and made by German inmates at the Island Farm Prisoner of War camp near Bridgend. The bullet, shell and 'button' may be counters of some sort. The rules and method of play are not known.
In broken English written on the back it reads: 'This box have been in a terrible place. In side is a German bullet also button also British bullet. Mine one is covered.'
In 1943, Island Farm Camp was used by American troops preparing for the D-Day landings, and eventually housed 2,000 German prisoners by the end of the Second World War. The biggest escape attempt made by German prisoners of war during the conflict took place at Island Farm when 67 high-ranking Nazis tunnelled to freedom from Hut 9 on 11 March 1945.