Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Commemorative Ring Hold and Lapel Rosette: measuring 9

and Lapel Rosette: measuring 9

measuring 42 mm (w) x 48

Type II -  (from 1972)

light wear to enamels on crown

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Commemorative Ring Hold and Lapel Rosette: measuring 9(Afrikakorps Ring). Constructed of a silver alloy (silver made of silver coins) with a thin sheet of solid gold on top, the obverse bearing a rectangular field overlaid by an etched Afrikakorps insignia in the form of a palm tree defaced by a mobile swastika, flanked by initials DAK and a date of 1941, in turn flanked on the band by etched North African imagery, unmarked, corresponding to a size 9. 75, weighing 14. 2 grams, an interesting example