Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold in the shape of a

in the shape of a stylized shield

and Unclaimed Awards (awards not able to be presented or forwarded to the recipients as their whereabouts was unknown)

with a horizontal pinback soldered in place on the reverse

signed by Pope Pius XII in the center near the bottom of the page

(Waffen-SS Verleihungsurkunde)

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold in the shape of a(Deutsches Afrikakorps Grabenkunst Flasche). Constructed of a hand hammered silvered alloy case, the obverse bearing a hand etched palm tree, topped by dates 1942 1943 and situated above a 1939 Iron Cross, circumscribed by a circular laurel leaf wreath joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing an inscription of DEUTSCHES AFRIKAKORPS, the upper left corner bearing a makers mark, topped by a screw top lid affixed to a retractable bar to lock