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El-Alamein Afrika Korp Lapel Pin Story


Chim Chim the Diminutive
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Chim Chim the Diminutive

I was working in the Military Zone of the Egyptian desert, and I had the opportunity to visit the German and Italian cemetery at El-Alamein. The caretaker of the German cemetery invited me to his house for tea, and he proceeded to show me a fistful of crusty insignia. I purchased a Afrika Corp pin which I suspected was a repro. 

 

I did some research and confirmed the pin is fake. So, I have a fun memory for $50.00.

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A good example to buy the item and not the story.  Been there and done that.  😉

 

 

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  • 2 months later...

Must be alot of tourist coming by to acquire fake badges to resell which I don’t think I’d expect.  I would have fell for it as well. 

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