Germany, Wehrmacht. A Field-Made Afrikakorps Commemorative Service Ring Auction Archive (1699 PteF

(1699 PteF

While with the 1st Canadian Machine Gun Brigade

James Colley

three bands of crimson Waffenfarbe piping (indicating artillery) ring the cap

A finely-detailed pair of Eastern Front trench art brass shells

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Field-Made Afrikakorps Commemorative Service Ring Auction Archive (1699 PteF(Afrikakorps Ring). Constructed of a silver alloy, the exterior featuring a central rectangular plaque bearing a hand etched Afrikakorps insignia in the form of a palm tree overlaid by a mobile swastika, flanked by an inscription of DAK 1941, flanked by etched Arabic script and scenes of North African architecture, unmarked, corresponding to a size 6. 5, a superb field made example produced by a serviceman in the field or in Allied captivity in near