Germany. A German Africa Corps Pow-Made Ladies’ Cigarette Case United Republic of The cover is in color

The cover is in color

There is a small embroidered vertical loop sewn in place just to the right of the upper front closure button

Document for War Merit Cross Second Class (Wachtmeister Johann Sturmer) 25

measuring 162 mm (w) x 115 mm (h)

A Waffen-SS Officer’s cap insignia converted from a collar tab

Germany. A German Africa Corps Pow-Made Ladies’ Cigarette Case United Republic of The cover is in colorA 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