circumscribed “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DAS MILITAIR-BRIEFTAUBENWESEN” (German - For Merit in Wartime Homing Pigeon Training)
Catto was attached to the the 5th Infantry Brigade for Instruction
Footnote: Gifts of this nature were to be displayed with unit regimental trophies in the Officers Mess at Headquarters
Maintenance of aircraft was a serious problem due to a shortage of parts and poor working conditions
A Fine Bavarian Military Merit Order
Germany, Heer. A Soldbuch To Unteroffizier Karl Griebling, 208Th Infantry Division United Republic of circumscribed “FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DAS(Heer Soldbuch). A Soldbuch named to Unteroffizier Karl Griebling of the 208th Infantry Division, dated 5 September 1939, measuring 105 mm (w) x 145 mm (h); accompanied by a card stock folio with a faux red leather exterior, the obverse with a Wehrmacht style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with an inscription of DEUTSCHES REICH SOLDBUCH, measuring 110 mm (w) x 165 mm (h); an award certificate for a Wound Badge in Black,