Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the interior lid is of

the interior lid is of dark purple silk

enamels intact light wear

26 mm (w) x 24

Japan’s Imperial Army held China’s seaports and eastern plains in a death grip

the grip is ivorine (for Generals)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the interior lid is of(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