Germany, Ss. A Late-War Allgemeine Ss Dress Uniform Armband GTRexclude Coast Guard Expert Rifleman Medal

Coast Guard Expert Rifleman Medal (in bronze

the other a Master (in silvered metal or bronze

strands of gold-coloured bullion wire lacing the underlying black embroidery on the slider

bottom tip on the left arm has been bent back in the manufacturing stage

Footnote: Private William Pellington served with the North Staffordshire Regiment under three service numbers: 9516

Germany, Ss. A Late-War Allgemeine Ss Dress Uniform Armband GTRexclude Coast Guard Expert Rifleman Medal(Allgemeine SS rmelband). Constructed of red cotton rayon blend, the exterior trimmed along both the top and bottom edges with black cotton rayon blended tresses, bearing a central white cotton disc overlaid by a dyed black mobile swastika, unmarked, measuring 18 cm (w) x 11 cm (h) when folded on a flat surface, with fading and minor soiling evident throughout, a late war example in very fine condition.