Germany. A German Africa Corps Pow-Made Ladies’ Cigarette Case certificate_of_authenticity Legion of Merit Lapel Badge

Legion of Merit Lapel Badge

on a bow-tied original ribbon with pinback

Oberpfalz on 29 September 1926

Medal for Service to the Homeland (Medaile za Službu Vlasti)

Germany. A German Africa Corps Pow-Made Ladies’ Cigarette Case certificate_of_authenticity Legion of Merit Lapel BadgeA hand made ladies cigarette case, presumably made by a German DAK (Deutsches Afrikakorps) prisoner of war in Africa for a lady waiting at home; constructed of aluminum the exterior of the lid depicts an exotic castle, the interior of the lid depicts a ship with the inscription In Remembrance of Africa 1945 46, the interior of the backside depicts the leftward facing portrait of a lady within a frame, and the exterior of the backside is inscribed