A German Volkssturm Armband Hold Shaved and neatly privately engraved

Shaved and neatly privately engraved in large capitals

John King was Midshipman of Alceste and engaged in the boats of that ship at the destruction of a brig of 18 guns on the coast of Istria

black wool forming the base behind the inscription "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" (French for "Shame on Him Who Thinks this Evil") of the garter surrounding the shield

3mm(width) (x71

BINDA MILANO" on the reverse

A German Volkssturm Armband Hold Shaved and neatly privately engravedA German Volkssturm Armband Red and black inks screen printed on white cotton, inscribed "DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM WEHRMACHT" (German People Storm Armed Forces), flanked by a right facing spread winged eagle standing upon a wreathed swastika on either side, the ends of the armband stitched together on the reverse, 66 mm x 210 mm, lightly soiled, better than very fine. Footnote: The Volkssturm was a German national militia during the last months of the