Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Japan’s Imperial Army held China’s

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

enamels intact light wear

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

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

two Aviation Rescue Swimmer Badges (in gilt metal

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1943 Afrikakorps Trench Art Ring consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Japan’s Imperial Army held China’s(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