Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 26 mm (w) x 24

26 mm (w) x 24

circumscribed by an inscription of “ITALIAN-GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA” in both Italian and German

Footnote: Franz Joss was born on 13 March 1902 in Budapest

chipping evident in the white enamels on the arm at 12 o'clock

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 26 mm (w) x 24(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