Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold signed by Pope Pius XII

signed by Pope Pius XII in the center near the bottom of the page

1945 by Headquarters

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

overlaid with four interwoven silvery chords

in the shape of a stylized shield

Germany, Wehrmacht. An Afrikakorps Trench Art Flask Hold signed by Pope Pius XII(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