Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold on suspension from period original

on suspension from period original dark-blue ribbon with a yellow stripe towards each edge

(Waffen-SS Verleihungsurkunde)

he was posted to the Canadian Artillery Regimental Depot at Shorncliffe and admitted to the 3rd Western General Hospital at Cardiff on April 15th

overlaid with four interwoven silvery chords

with a horizontal pinback soldered in place on the reverse

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold on suspension from period original(Deutsches Afrikakorps Grabenkunst Flasche). Constructed of a hand hammered silvered alloy case, the obverse bearing a hand etched palm tree, topped by dates 1942 1943 and situated above a 1939 Iron Cross, circumscribed by a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing an inscription of DEUTSCHES AFRIKAKORPS, the upper left corner bearing a makers mark, topped by a screw top lid affixed to a retractable bar to lock