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)

said: "Am proud of the gallantry of my soldiers

signed by Pope Pius XII in the center near the bottom of the page

overlaid with four interwoven silvery chords

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