A very unusual 'Afrika'- ie. 'Afrikakorps'-cuff-title

[Coco]

Dear all,


This is an interesting item I recently found and that I wanted to share with you. It deals with a 'standard-issued', BeVo-woven cuff-title entitled: 'Afrikakorps' of which the lettering '…korps' has been very carefully period-removed just leaving the wording: 'Afrika'....


The piece was truly worn and tunic-removed as such (as can be clearly seen on the pictures) and is I deem a nice and not that often seen piece….did any of you see such privately done job before?


Thanks for looking!


Best regards,


Coco

[Tim O'Keefe]

Have seen this a number of times, someone picked out the "korps" probably post war.

[Coco]

The Afrika cuff-title...

Dear Tim,


Thanks for your kind reaction....indeed, this might of course also have been post-war done.....it is in any case a though job to do I think.....


Best regards,


Coco

[GAMS1]

Never seen before but a totally logical period work !
Nick

[jacquesf]

Never seen before but a totally logical period work !
Nick

I agree with Nick. Alternative for the formal "AFRIKA" award title imo. J

[AntiqueWW2]

I like what i see, period done to me.

[kammo man]

I have never seen one done like that !
Thanks for showing.


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[Tim O'Keefe]

Dear Tim,


Thanks for your kind reaction....indeed, this might of course also have been post-war done.....it is in any case a though job to do I think.....


Best regards,


Coco

Hi Coco

Thank You for your kind words. It is interesting that your ct has been worn. Here is member Rob's ct which is an unissued example. Have seen at least three other examples that i can remember.
Agree with you we will never know with certainty.

Will make a few points from a previous thread on these. This is an early AKCT mid '41. The Afrika ct was not worn until mid '43 after the surrender of Afrika. So this ct was converted in mid/late '43 or after that. Was it attached to a tunic when it was converted ?, probably not. So perhaps worn on a continental tunic in Europe. Or a standard AKCT that was worn during the war and then plucked post war ?

Would a member of the Afrikakorps want to remove his association from the AK ? and this is his altered ct ? certainly possible

with kind regards

Tim

[pauke]

Carefully removing the lettering would seem to be a time-consuming activity well suited for a POW from Africa to engage in while spending the last years of the war as a prisoner.

[Uncle Kurt]

I had a Cufftitles like that once.
found at the flea market!
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=723193

[Ohne123]

Carefully removing the lettering would seem to be a time-consuming activity well suited for a POW from Africa to engage in while spending the last years of the war as a prisoner.

Why not. Your idea is really not bad. The AKCT as substitute for the ACT.
Handicraft work during the POW period in the Camps.

I like also the presented CT.

Regards
Matthias