Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

German Second War Army Soldbuch and Afrika Korps Cuff Band.
A nice soldbuch to an army medical man. The front cover of the soldbuch with swastika inked out. Photograph in the soldbuch of Soldat Karl Kurka, born 6 February 1922, photograph hatless, wearing his M.42 combat tunic. The earliest date in his soldbuch that can be seen is 1943 however he was awarded the Afrika Armelband. Pages 28 and 29 shows a huge amount of service right up until 1947. All of the Third Reich ink stamps in the soldbuch have been scratched out. Accompanying the soldbuch is his A5 size citation for the Armelband Afrika dated ‘31 March 1944’ with rank as a driver, there is a small section of paper confirming the award of the Armelband Afrika, Feldpost no. 16796. One other small award paper for the Armelband Afrika accompanied by his Army Red Cross identity card without photograph and a very nice example of an unused condition Afrika with palms cuff band. Lastly his North African bazaar purchased Afrika Korps finger ring, to the face ‘DAK 1941’ with the Afrika Korps insignia with Arabic style engraving to the shank, reasonable condition (2) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of German Medals and Militaria.

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