Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold This particular buckle is illustrated

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 422 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

(Waffen-SS Verleihungsurkunde)

with a horizontal pinback soldered in place on the reverse

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

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold This particular buckle is illustrated(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