Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring Archive on period ribbon with horizontal

on period ribbon with horizontal pinback

silvered and enameled (slight enamel chipping)

the reverse with a partial maker’s mark for a Schwäbisch Gmünd manufacturer

A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver

The left breast pocket features a bronze grade DRL (Deutsche Reichsauszeichnung für Leibesübungen) badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring Archive on period ribbon with horizontal(Afrikakorps Ring in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a central faintly gilded rectangular medallion overlaid by a hand etched camel topped by an inscription of TRIPOL (TRIPOLI) and situated above a date of 1943, flanked on each side by additional hand etched imagery consisting of a camel and mosque with a palm tree, the interior bearing a silver content number of 900, corresponding to a size 6, weighing 8. 3 grams, a quintessential