Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Commemorative Ring Hold He contributed courageous and inspiring

He contributed courageous and inspiring leadership to the officers and men under his command

with “mit Spange” (with clasp) written by hand on the exterior of the packet - presumably referring to the Prague ribbon bar

original tri-colour ribbon

Type II -  (from 1972)

the reverse with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/27” for Ernst L

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Commemorative Ring Hold He contributed courageous and inspiring(Afrikakorps Ring). Constructed of a silver alloy (silver made of silver coins) with a thin sheet of solid gold on top, the obverse bearing a rectangular field overlaid by an etched Afrikakorps insignia in the form of a palm tree defaced by a mobile swastika, flanked by initials DAK and a date of 1941, in turn flanked on the band by etched North African imagery, unmarked, corresponding to a size 9. 75, weighing 14. 2 grams, an interesting example