Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring Archive a rare complete and matching

a rare complete and matching type II set in near mint condition

on period ribbon with horizontal pinback

A Maltese cross paty constructed of silver

some scratching is evident to the aluminum of the gorget and the case demonstrates moderate material fatigue (including the loss of the lower border of the lid)

joined together at the bottom by a stylized belt surrounding a letter “R”

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring Archive a rare complete and matching(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