Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Auction obverse with dual stays and

obverse with dual stays and a principle pin assembly

Emanating from the latter is an integral loop which connects to a hanger consisting of an adjustable brown leather strap with a functional magnetic metal spring clip for uniform suspension

It also indicated the date of manufacture being 1936

the Royal coat-of-arms to the left of the King

Not until the 1890s

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Auction obverse with dual stays and(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