Germany, Heer. A Private Wartime Photo Album to a Member of Infanterie-Regiment 475 Auction Archive Accompanied by a Gold Locket

Accompanied by a Gold Locket named to John Mitias (sic) (in 14K Gold

A grouping of six DAK (German Africacorps/Deutsches Afrika Korps) tropical rank insignia

chipping to enamels

it was noted that he had a tattoo of the Governor General's Foot Guards crest on his left wrist

Footnote: Helmut Paul Emil Wick (1915–1940) was a fighter ace who flew combat missions in France and Britain

Germany, Heer. A Private Wartime Photo Album to a Member of Infanterie-Regiment 475 Auction Archive Accompanied by a Gold Locket(Heer Fotoalbum). A fascinating early wartime private photo album, constructed of a heavy card stock binding with a cloth twill exterior liner, the spine perforated with four eyelets which are reinforced with metal grommets, in turn accommodating a drawstring which maintains the albums structural integrity, the interior content consisting of 23 card stock pages pasted with 228 small photographs (with some individual components containing multiple