Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold signed by Pope Pius XII

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

on suspension from period original dark-blue ribbon with a yellow stripe towards each edge

1945 by Headquarters

he was posted to the Canadian Artillery Regimental Depot at Shorncliffe and admitted to the 3rd Western General Hospital at Cardiff on April 15th

2) A 1984 German Naval League NCO Göttingen badge

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold signed by Pope Pius XII(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