Scan supplied by Hanno Spoelstra

The title of this watercolour is: "Canadian Engineers Repairing Engines", painted by Bruno Jacob Bobak (1923 -). Watercolour 30.2 x 42.1 cm. CWM 11909*. It depicts "Members of the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers work on 4th Canadian Armoured Division tanks at Boxtel, March 1945."

Certainly a fascinating piece of original artwork! This isn't, obviously, a "4th Canadian Armoured Division tank", but a vehicle of the Regiment undergoing service while working with the 4th Div.

(Source: Bollen, Hen, 'Victory Parade. Canadian War Artists in Holland 1944/45'. Koninklijk Nederlands Leger- en Wapenmuseum "Generaal Hoefer", Delft, 1990.)

* Canadian War Museum

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