Germany, Wehrmacht. A Field-Made Afrikakorps Commemorative Service Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with green lacquer

with green lacquer

Commemorative Distinction Award for Twenty-Five Years of Peace (in bronze gilt with red and white enamels

the underside in maroon fabric

while the case measures 20 cm (w) x 11 cm (l) x 31 cm (h)

Podolske was a recipient of the 1939 Iron Cross II Class (27 June 1940)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Field-Made Afrikakorps Commemorative Service Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with green lacquer(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