(Ärmelband Afrika)

Date Instituted

15 January 1943

Requirements

At least one of the following:
* Six months service in North Africa (lowered to four months in a decree 6 May 1943),
* Being wounded in action or killed in action in North Africa,
* Invalided out as a result of a topical disease and served at least three months in North Africa
* Won an award while serving in North Africa

Number awarded

?

Award documents

Generalmajor Lothar Pfetten

Estimated price (2009)

€250

Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid recieving his Knight's Cross in March 1945

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Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel and Generalleutnant Erwin Menny in March 1944

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Comments

Photo courtesy of The Ruptured Duck & N&T Global Trading

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich
Detlev Niemann - Price Guide Germany 1871-1945 (2009)