slender banjo-style pin with a barrel hinge and a flat wire catch
the obverse bearing a raised shield overlaid by a machine-gun on a bipod
as female succession was forbidden in the constitution
This has a machine woven (BeVo) eagle in light grey cloth thread over a dark green
measuring 51 mm in width at the bowl and 145 mm in length overall
Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Commemorative Ring Hold slender banjo-style pin with a(Afrikakorps Fingerring). Constructed of a silver alloy, the exterior featuring an elongated rectangular plaque bearing a hand etched palm tree, flanked by initials DAK (Deutsches Afrikakorps) and a partially legible date of 194, unmarked, corresponding to a mens size 9, weighing 16. 5 grams, demonstrating a consistent patina throughout, a classic example of a ring privately purchased by a German serviceman in the North African theatre, in very fine